Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 4 authors, 2004-08-06

Re: [proc.txt] Fix /proc/pid/statm documentation

From: Albert Cahalan <hidden>
Date: 2004-08-06 16:50:11
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On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 11:48, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 05:40, Roger Luethi wrote:
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And then there is the trade-off between human readable and
easy to parse. ISTR there have been occasional discussions, but maybe
it's time to revisit the issue because the current mess is a problem.
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 08:58:43AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
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The current bugs are a problem.
Quoting your other email now:
Could you describe those in isolation from other issues?
Whatever Roger found, plus:

1. trs == text RESIDENT size

2. drs == data RESIDENT size

3. memory-mapped devices should be counted for only 1 file
   (use an old Linux box running X to see)

I'm not terribly concerned right now. I just don't think
it's OK to go ripping out statm over a few bugs.

If we ripped out every buggy piece of kernel code, we'd
have a 0-byte kernel.

There are far bigger issues elsewhere, like %CPU.


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