alt Hacker NewsLinux MemAvailable from /proc/meminfo is just an estimation calculated as an arbitrary percentage (50%) of free and potentially reclaimable memory.
You can't determine how much of the memory can actually be reclaimed under memory pressure until you try to reclaim it.
> You can't determine how much of the memory can actually be reclaimed under memory pressure until you try to reclaim it.
Yes, and I’m arguing that we should be able to, by having the kernel keep track.