Weird 'free' output

[linux.il]

Omer, thank you!
Is it related to the "Inactive" count from /proc/meminfo?
I used to think that available=free+cache+buffers...

On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 1:19 PM Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:

> From man free:
>
> available
>               Estimation of how much memory is available for starting
> new applications, without swapping. Unlike the data provided  by
>               the  cache  or free fields, this field takes into account
> page cache and also that not all reclaimable memory slabs will
>               be reclaimed due to items being in use (MemAvailable in
> /proc/meminfo, available on kernels 3.14,  emulated  on  kernels
>               2.6.27+, otherwise the same as free)
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2021-05-04 at 13:07 +0300, linux.il wrote:
> > "Available" output seems weird, or I'm missing something?
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA, Vitaly
> >
> > free -m
> >               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache
> > available
> > Mem:          31654       29883         937           1         832
> >     27675
> > Swap:             0           0           0
>
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