File removal from brd-backed ramdisk doesn't free up the memory

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

If brd kernel module is used to create a disk in RAM, memory usage doesn't go down after files are removed from such a disk.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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