Signed-off-by: Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index e8d0075..66d077e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ 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. -"AnonHugePages" shows the ammount of memory backed by transparent hugepage. -"Shared_Hugetlb" and "Private_Hugetlb" show the ammounts of memory backed by +"AnonHugePages" shows the amount of memory backed by transparent hugepage. +"Shared_Hugetlb" and "Private_Hugetlb" show the amounts 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. -- 2.8.2.534.g1f66975 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html