From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst index 48fbfc336ebf..bf245151645b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst @@ -929,8 +929,15 @@ 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 is 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 networking +buffers. + +The following is from a 16GB PIII, which has highmem enabled. +You may not have all of these fields. :: -- 2.29.2
