-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/25/08 22:27, s. keeling wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 04/25/08 11:46, David wrote: [snip] > >>> Is there a way to tell how much memory the Linux kernel is using, >>> and what for? >> Not really. Kernel 2.6.26 should expose better memory usage data, >> but apps like top(1) will have to be rewritten to use the new info. > > Er, what? Have we done away with RSS and VSZ, or are they just > momentarily lost? Is this Sid stuff?
http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html Depending on how you look at it, ps is not reporting the real memory usage of processes. What it is really doing is showing how much real memory each process would take up if it were the only process running. Of course, a typical Linux machine has several dozen processes running at any given time, which means that the VSZ and RSS numbers reported by ps are almost definitely "wrong". In order to understand why, it is necessary to learn how Linux handles shared libraries in programs. >> We want... a Shrubbery!! > > JMO, you need a new .sig, but who am I to talk? Spam and eggs? Eggs and spam? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIEqUtS9HxQb37XmcRApxIAKCCSv0gm/FicOyffD9pcljisuu3wACgnCnt JcrbEA3Vi/hQiZWmt3I0VnU= =TIMV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
