RE: problem with /proc info

1997-06-10 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Michael Meskes wrote: > How can I have more shared memory than total memory + swap? I think it refers to the total number of pages that are shared in all address spaces. Ie if I load Bash twice then it's code pages will be counted twice. I guess this is counter intuitive, ie

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Helmut Geyer
I'm sorry this wasn't meant to go to the list. The main point was that MemShared is counting the amount of memory spared by the use of shared pages, not the number of pages with a reference count greater than 1 (which corresponds to the physical memory/swap occupied by shared pages). Hel

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Karl Ferguson
At 06:54 PM 9/06/97 +0200, Helmut Geyer wrote: >Ganz einfach! > >Im Gegnsatz zu fruehen Linux-versionen (unter 1.2) ist >MemShared _nicht_ der physikalische Speicher, der von >Seiten belegt wird, die "shared" sind, sondern der >Speicher der Durch das "sharen" gespart wird. >in arch/i386/mm/init.c w

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Helmut Geyer
> Could anyone explain this to me? > > cat /proc/meminfo > total:used:free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 96813056 95010816 1802240 122679296 11886592 37617664 > Swap: 65798144 229376 65568768 > MemTotal: 94544 kB<== > MemFree: 1760 kB > M

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Guy Maor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Sailer) writes: > In your email to me, Michael Meskes, you wrote: > > > > Could anyone explain this to me? > > MemTotal: 94544 kB <== > > MemShared: 119804 kB <== > > Umm... I'm not sure what you want explained. Presumably h

RE: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Michael Meskes
How can I have more shared memory than total memory + swap? Michael >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 09, 1997 2:58 PM >To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc:Die Adresse des Empfängers ist unbekannt. >Subject:

Re: problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Michael Meskes, you wrote: > > Could anyone explain this to me? > > cat /proc/meminfo > total:used:free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 96813056 95010816 1802240 122679296 11886592 37617664 > Swap: 65798144 229376 65568768 > MemTotal: 94544 kB

problem with /proc info

1997-06-09 Thread Michael Meskes
Could anyone explain this to me? cat /proc/meminfo total:used:free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 96813056 95010816 1802240 122679296 11886592 37617664 Swap: 65798144 229376 65568768 MemTotal: 94544 kB <== MemFree: 1760 kB MemShared: 119804 kB