[PATCH v2] docs: proc.rst: meminfo: briefly describe gaps in memory accounting
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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-04-20 12:14:07
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From: Mike Rapoport <redacted> Add a paragraph that explains that it may happen that the counters in /proc/meminfo do not add up to the overall memory usage. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <redacted> --- v2: * Add brief changelog * Fix typo * Update example about network memory usage according to Eric's comment at https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CANn89iKprp7WYeZy4RRO5jHykprnSCcVBc7Tk14Ui_MA9OK7Fg@mail.gmail.com (local) v1: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210420085105.1156640-1-rppt@kernel.org (local) Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index 48fbfc336ebf..8c77a491c436 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst@@ -929,8 +929,14 @@ meminfo ~~~~~~~ Provides information about distribution and utilization of memory. This -varies by architecture and compile options. The following is from a -16GB PIII, which has highmem enabled. You may not have all of these fields. +varies by architecture and compile options. Please note that it may happen +that the memory accounted here does not add up to the overall memory usage +and the difference for some workloads can be substantial. In many cases there +are other means to find out additional memory using subsystem specific +interfaces, for instance /proc/net/sockstat for TCP memory allocations. + +The following is from a 16GB PIII, which has highmem enabled. +You may not have all of these fields. ::
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