/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches的用法

首先：
查看内存剩余：
free -m
然后：
运行sync将dirty的内容写回硬盘，防止数据丢失。
描述：sync 命令运行 sync 子例程。如果必须停止系统，则运行sync 命令以确保文件系统的完整性。sync 命令将所有未写的系统缓冲区写到磁盘中，包含已修改的 i-node、已延迟的块 I/O 和读写映射文件）

第三步如下面所描述执行：
/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches (since Linux 2.6.16)
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 echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches;
to free dentries and inodes, use echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches;
to free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use echo 3 >/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches.

Because this is a non-destructive operation and dirty objects
are not freeable, the user should run sync first.