Re: should I trust 'free' or 'top'?

[Alan Cox]

> processes and swapping, enough that I feel compelled to report them here.  We
> have tried all different kernels from 2.4.6 to 2.4.16, and the problem seems
> to happen with all of them (but is more pronounced on certain kernels)

The only kernels you are likely to see that not happen on are

-	The 2.4.9 kernel with Rik's patches that Linus didnt take
	(Red Hat 2.4.9-*)
-	2.4.17/18pre with the rmap11/rmap12 patches
-	2.4.17/18pre with the -aa patched VM
	(which I believe is also in the SuSE kernel packages)
-	2.2

The base VM in Linus tree has been broken since before 2.4.0 and while
somewhat better is still that - broken. The major vendors don't ship it for
a reason.

Alan