Are Modules listed under /sys/module all the Loaded Modules?
I’m wondering if I can use the directory listing of /sys/module instead of lsmod to get a list of currently loaded modules.
sysfs
Why does rsync fail to copy files from /sys in Linux?
I have a bash script which uses rsync to backup files in Archlinux. I noticed that rsync failed to copy a file from /sys, while cp worked just fine:
Making Linux read swap back into memory
The Linux kernel swaps out most pages from memory when I run an application that uses most of the 16GB of physical memory. After the application finishes, every action (typing commands, switching workspaces, opening a new web page, etc.) takes very long to complete because the relevant pages first need to be read back in from swap.