Comment on Help, Linux ate my RAMparentComments−ArbitraryLimits14yWhere I come from, what you're describing is called pre-fetching, not caching. That's why your earlier comment confused me.−scott_s14yNo, I'm talking about caching: keeping data around that you have previously used, assuming you will use it again. However, in order to support caching, you must pre-allocate memory.
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Where I come from, what you're describing is called pre-fetching, not caching. That's why your earlier comment confused me.
No, I'm talking about caching: keeping data around that you have previously used, assuming you will use it again. However, in order to support caching, you must pre-allocate memory.