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@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
stat Process status
statm Process memory status information
status Process status in human readable form
- wchan If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
+ wchan Present with CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y: it shows the kernel function
+ symbol the task is blocked in - or "0" if not blocked.
pagemap Page table
stack Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE
smaps a extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:
VmLib: 1412 kB
VmPTE: 20 kb
VmSwap: 0 kB
+ HugetlbPages: 0 kB
Threads: 1
SigQ: 0/28578
SigPnd: 0000000000000000
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.1)
VmPTE size of page table entries
VmPMD size of second level page tables
VmSwap size of swap usage (the number of referred swapents)
+ HugetlbPages size of hugetlb memory portions
Threads number of threads
SigQ number of signals queued/max. number for queue
SigPnd bitmap of pending signals for the thread
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ Table 1-4: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
blocked bitmap of blocked signals
sigign bitmap of ignored signals
sigcatch bitmap of caught signals
- wchan address where process went to sleep
+ 0 (place holder, used to be the wchan address, use /proc/PID/wchan instead)
0 (place holder)
0 (place holder)
exit_signal signal to send to parent thread on exit
@@ -423,12 +426,15 @@ Private_Clean: 0 kB
Private_Dirty: 0 kB
Referenced: 892 kB
Anonymous: 0 kB
+AnonHugePages: 0 kB
+Shared_Hugetlb: 0 kB
+Private_Hugetlb: 0 kB
Swap: 0 kB
SwapPss: 0 kB
KernelPageSize: 4 kB
MMUPageSize: 4 kB
-Locked: 374 kB
-VmFlags: rd ex mr mw me de
+Locked: 0 kB
+VmFlags: rd ex mr mw me dw
the first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the
mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size of the mapping
@@ -448,9 +454,14 @@ accessed.
"Anonymous" shows the amount of memory that does not belong to any file. Even
a mapping associated with a file may contain anonymous pages: when MAP_PRIVATE
and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy.
-"Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on
-swap.
+"AnonHugePages" shows the ammount of memory backed by transparent hugepage.
+"Shared_Hugetlb" and "Private_Hugetlb" show the ammounts of memory backed by
+hugetlbfs page which is *not* counted in "RSS" or "PSS" field for historical
+reasons. And these are not included in {Shared,Private}_{Clean,Dirty} field.
+"Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on swap.
"SwapPss" shows proportional swap share of this mapping.
+"Locked" indicates whether the mapping is locked in memory or not.
+
"VmFlags" field deserves a separate description. This member represents the kernel
flags associated with the particular virtual memory area in two letter encoded
manner. The codes are the following:
@@ -474,7 +485,6 @@ manner. The codes are the following:
ac - area is accountable
nr - swap space is not reserved for the area
ht - area uses huge tlb pages
- nl - non-linear mapping
ar - architecture specific flag
dd - do not include area into core dump
sd - soft-dirty flag
@@ -814,9 +824,6 @@ varies by architecture and compile options. The following is from a
> cat /proc/meminfo
-The "Locked" indicates whether the mapping is locked in memory or not.
-
-
MemTotal: 16344972 kB
MemFree: 13634064 kB
MemAvailable: 14836172 kB