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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-28 05:42:52 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-28 05:42:52 +0400 |
commit | 17bb51d56cdc8cbf252031db3107de034cfeb44c (patch) | |
tree | f9fb2c16b29a152d3413fa0028e660e3b6146584 /Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |
parent | 0671b7674f42ab3a200401ea0e48d6f47d34acae (diff) | |
parent | 95aac7b1cd224f568fb83937044cd303ff11b029 (diff) | |
download | linux-17bb51d56cdc8cbf252031db3107de034cfeb44c.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'akpm-incoming-2'
* akpm-incoming-2: (139 commits)
epoll: make epoll_wait() use the hrtimer range feature
select: rename estimate_accuracy() to select_estimate_accuracy()
Remove duplicate includes from many files
ramoops: use the platform data structure instead of module params
kernel/resource.c: handle reinsertion of an already-inserted resource
kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() to return a signed int value
w1: don't allow arbitrary users to remove w1 devices
alpha: remove dma64_addr_t usage
mips: remove dma64_addr_t usage
sparc: remove dma64_addr_t usage
fuse: use release_pages()
taskstats: use real microsecond granularity for CPU times
taskstats: split fill_pid function
taskstats: separate taskstats commands
delayacct: align to 8 byte boundary on 64-bit systems
delay-accounting: reimplement -c for getdelays.c to report information on a target command
namespaces Kconfig: move namespace menu location after the cgroup
namespaces Kconfig: remove the cgroup device whitelist experimental tag
namespaces Kconfig: remove pointless cgroup dependency
namespaces Kconfig: make namespace a submenu
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index a563b74c7aef..e73df2722ff3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc statm Process memory status information status Process status in human readable form wchan If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan + pagemap Page table stack Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE smaps a extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of each mapping @@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 0 kB Referenced: 892 kB +Anonymous: 0 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB @@ -378,9 +380,15 @@ The first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size of the mapping (size), the amount of the mapping that is currently resident in RAM (RSS), the process' proportional share of this mapping (PSS), the number of clean and -dirty shared pages in the mapping, and the number of clean and dirty private -pages in the mapping. The "Referenced" indicates the amount of memory -currently marked as referenced or accessed. +dirty private pages in the mapping. Note that even a page which is part of a +MAP_SHARED mapping, but has only a single pte mapped, i.e. is currently used +by only one process, is accounted as private and not as shared. "Referenced" +indicates the amount of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed. +"Anonymous" shows the amount of memory that does not belong to any file. Even +a mapping associated with a file may contain anonymous pages: when MAP_PRIVATE +and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy. +"Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on +swap. This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is enabled. @@ -397,6 +405,9 @@ To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process > echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect. +The /proc/pid/pagemap gives the PFN, which can be used to find the pageflags +using /proc/kpageflags and number of times a page is mapped using +/proc/kpagecount. For detailed explanation, see Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt. 1.2 Kernel data --------------- |