tlchan1653
New Member
The title of my post is only one word, but I'll expand on it pretty quick.
I was doing some reading about the /proc filesystem on kernel.org.
One of the items that I wanted to explore was the file meminfo. While
reading about the fields of information, I wanted to explore exactly what
the Buffers number actually referred to:
Buffers: Relatively temporary storage for raw disk blocks
I was hoping that explanation would provide me something about the
type of buffer, but that little blurb is all the kernel.org document provided.
Well, probing in other places, I definitely reacquainted myself with the
types of buffers in a Linux system:
- I/O
- filesystem
- kernel ring
- network ring
- socket
- TCP
- system
- etc.
What's prompting this post are the following queries:
1) Is there an actual buffer known as the "system" buffer? If so, how
do I go about displaying its value?
2) How do I display the value of the "network" buffer?
3) How do I go about changing/modifying the value of the "network"
buffer?
Thanks in advance for any information can provide.
I was doing some reading about the /proc filesystem on kernel.org.
One of the items that I wanted to explore was the file meminfo. While
reading about the fields of information, I wanted to explore exactly what
the Buffers number actually referred to:
Buffers: Relatively temporary storage for raw disk blocks
I was hoping that explanation would provide me something about the
type of buffer, but that little blurb is all the kernel.org document provided.
Well, probing in other places, I definitely reacquainted myself with the
types of buffers in a Linux system:
- I/O
- filesystem
- kernel ring
- network ring
- socket
- TCP
- system
- etc.
What's prompting this post are the following queries:
1) Is there an actual buffer known as the "system" buffer? If so, how
do I go about displaying its value?
2) How do I display the value of the "network" buffer?
3) How do I go about changing/modifying the value of the "network"
buffer?
Thanks in advance for any information can provide.