Re: [android-porting] Re: android: memory for kernel and apps

2010-03-15 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On top of that, Android also keeps live processes around as a cache, even if they are not currently doing anything. These will be killed by the Android Patented Viking Killer as part of the cache eviction when more memory is needed. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Uat H1 wrote: > It's usual o

[android-porting] Re: android: memory for kernel and apps

2010-03-15 Thread Uat H1
It's usual on Linux (where Android comes from), while the system has free memory it caches every access to storage devices to improve later access to same data. When the system needs memory for a process the cached memory is immediately available if needed, the system will discard or save on disk s