Re: [PATCH] proc.5: Add "VmSwap" to /proc/[pid]/status
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2014-12-23 15:06:33
Sven, On 12/14/2014 03:20 PM, Sven Hoexter wrote:
quoted hunk
Documented as is in Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt of Linux 3.18. Signed-off-by: Sven Hoexter <sven-jJOYKVDXsn5H4x6Dk/4f9A@public.gmane.org> --- man5/proc.5 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 96077d0..b16f2a7 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ VmStk: 88 kB VmExe: 572 kB VmLib: 1708 kB VmPTE: 20 kB +VmSwap: 0 kB Threads: 1 SigQ: 0/3067 SigPnd: 0000000000000000@@ -1672,6 +1673,9 @@ Shared library code size. .IR VmPTE : Page table entries size (since Linux 2.6.10). .IP * +.IR VmSwap : +Size of swap usage (the number of referred swapents). +.IP * .IR Threads : Number of threads in process containing this thread. .IP *
Thanks for this patch. I've applied, and added text that the field appeared in Linux 2.6.34. However, I have a question: what does the text "(the number of referred swapents)" mean? Is this field not just reporting a value in kB (i.e., the number of kB across all swap entries)? Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html