|
@@ -119,8 +119,11 @@ other appears as 0 when read.
|
|
|
|
|
|
dirty_background_ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
-Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
|
|
|
-the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data.
|
|
|
+Contains, as a percentage of total available memory that contains free pages
|
|
|
+and reclaimable pages, the number of pages at which the background kernel
|
|
|
+flusher threads will start writing out dirty data.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The total avaiable memory is not equal to total system memory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================================
|
|
|
|
|
@@ -151,9 +154,11 @@ interval will be written out next time a flusher thread wakes up.
|
|
|
|
|
|
dirty_ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
-Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
|
|
|
-a process which is generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty
|
|
|
-data.
|
|
|
+Contains, as a percentage of total available memory that contains free pages
|
|
|
+and reclaimable pages, the number of pages at which a process which is
|
|
|
+generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty data.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The total avaiable memory is not equal to total system memory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
==============================================================
|
|
|
|