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    Understanding memory management

    Hi Everyone, I'd like to learn more about how FreeBSD manages memory, specifically about the types of memory that top shows. I've read a few articles on the topic, also Chapter 7 in the Architecture Handbook. The following is my current understanding on the subject. Please clarify if I got...
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    • filesystem cache memory memory management process allocation
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    Invalidate file in cache (flush file cache) on FreeBSD ?

    I want to invalidate file and remove it from Cache, so that any additional access to that file will go through the lower level storage device. In linux, it's done using syscall ioctl(file_desc, BLKFLSBUF) but what is the equivalent in freeBSD ? P.S. I related the generate file cache...
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