[PATCH] proc.5: Vmalloc information is no longer calculated (Linux 4.4)

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See Linux commit a5ad88ce8c7f, "mm: get rid of 'vmalloc_info' from
/proc/meminfo".
---
 man5/proc.5 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index d5cc40cbf..1fd78ba57 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -3635,10 +3635,14 @@ fail due to lack of memory once that memory has been successfully allocated.
 Total size of vmalloc memory area.
 .TP
 .IR VmallocUsed " %lu"
-Amount of vmalloc area which is used.
+Amount of vmalloc area which is used.  Since Linux 4.4, this field is no
+longer calculated, and is hard coded as 0.  See
+.IR /proc/vmallocinfo .
 .TP
 .IR VmallocChunk " %lu"
-Largest contiguous block of vmalloc area which is free.
+Largest contiguous block of vmalloc area which is free.  Since Linux 4.4,
+this field is no longer calculated is hard coded as 0.  See
+.IR /proc/vmallocinfo .
 .TP
 .IR HardwareCorrupted " %lu (since Linux 2.6.32)"
 (\fBCONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE\fP is required.)
-- 
2.17.2




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