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Try using sync command ($ sync) or restart. 
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Try using sync command ($ sync) or restart.

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Hi<br />
My application is running on a 64 bit linux, running 32bit code.<br />
After my process is killed after hitting 4G resident memory consumption, not all the memory is released to the OS, even though the process is killed. <br />
What can cause OS not to release the memory after the process is killed?<br />
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Thanks<br />
Jamie
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Hi
My application is running on a 64 bit linux, running 32bit code.
After my process is killed after hitting 4G resident memory consumption, not all the memory is released to the OS, even though the process is killed. 
What can cause OS not to release the memory after the process is killed?

Thanks
Jamie

OS not releasing resident memory after process dies

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