From cb41e2e1df172b7332c561059b1569af6aba4d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 08:06:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] proc.5: grfix Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/proc.5 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index f29fb6244..27438e02e 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -3250,7 +3250,7 @@ This directory contains files for memory management tuning, buffer and cache management. .TP .IR /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches " (since Linux 2.6.16)" -Writing to this file causes the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and +Writing to this file causes the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries, and inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free. To free pagecache, use: