1 echo> / proc / SYS / vm / drop_caches # Clears pagecache. 2 echo> / proc / SYS / VM / drop_caches # represents scavenged slab allocator object (including a cache directory entry and the inode cache).
The slab allocator is a mechanism in the kernel memory management, cache data to achieve many of which are used in pagecache. . 3 echo> / proc / SYS / VM / drop_caches # clear the cache object and pagecache slab dispenser.