[Linux] Linux下谁在消耗我们的cache

时间:2022-01-25 10:28:48

一、缘由:

  曾经看到MySQL服务器上Cache占用特别大,其实大家都知道这是合理的,这些都是可用内存;

那么问题来了,是谁在占用这些Cache呢?如果去掉不合理的Cache占用,系统内存会更充分的得到利用。

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:
-/+ buffers/cache:
Swap:

  由上图可见,Cache占用了42G内存,猛地一看很可怕。实际上他还属于memfree之列。具体说明,可以看这里:

http://www.linuxatemyram.com/

二、解决办法:

  这里有两个工具可以查看某个文件是否占用了Page Cache,占用了多少:fincore和vmtouch

1、fincore

  这是linux-ftools工具的一部分,你给出文件(夹)名作为输入,他会告诉你他有多少文件(数据)被系统缓存起来。

因为不太会安装,这里不做推荐,具体看这里https://code.google.com/p/linux-ftools/

2、vmtouch

  vmtouch可以查到缓存的文件和目录、把文件推入缓存和驱逐缓存中的文件等等。(推荐

安装方法:

$ git clone https://github.com/hoytech/vmtouch
$ cd vmtouch
$ make
$ sudo make install

使用方法:

$ vmtouch
vmtouch: no files or directories specified vmtouch v1.0.2 - the Virtual Memory Toucher by Doug Hoyte
Portable file system cache diagnostics and control Usage: vmtouch [OPTIONS] ... FILES OR DIRECTORIES ... Options:
-t touch pages into memory
-e evict pages from memory
-l lock pages in physical memory with mlock()
-L lock pages in physical memory with mlockall()
-d daemon mode
-m max file size to touch
-p use the specified portion instead of the entire file
-f follow symbolic links
-h also count hardlinked copies
-w wait until all pages are locked (only useful together with -d)
-v verbose
-q quiet

例子:

1)查看/tmp目录在内存中的缓存:

$ vmtouch /tmp/
vmtouch: WARNING: skipping non-regular file: /tmp/ssh-GgJnCEkWMQC2/agent. Files:
Directories:
Resident Pages: / 18M/18M %
Elapsed: 0.001006 seconds

详细信息查看可使用-v参数  例如:vmtouch -v /tmp/

2)查看一个文件被缓存了多少:

$ vmtouch -v ~/Downloads/phoronix-test-suite_6..1_all.deb
/home/neo/Downloads/phoronix-test-suite_6..1_all.deb
[ ] / Files:
Directories:
Resident Pages: / /528K %
Elapsed: 0.000117 seconds

3)把文件缓存起来:

$ vmtouch -vt ~/Downloads/phoronix-test-suite_6..1_all.deb
/home/neo/Downloads/phoronix-test-suite_6..1_all.deb
[OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO] / Files:
Directories:
Touched Pages: (528K)
Elapsed: 0.007935 seconds

4)把缓存中的数据驱逐出去:

$ vmtouch -ve ~/Downloads/phoronix-test-suite_6..1_all.deb
Evicting /home/neo/Downloads/phoronix-test-suite_6..1_all.deb Files:
Directories:
Evicted Pages: (528K)
Elapsed: 0.000109 seconds

附:

具体信息参考官网:https://hoytech.com/vmtouch/

另一个参考页面:vmtouch: portable file cache analyzer