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

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On 11/19/18 3:31 PM, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> See Linux commit a5ad88ce8c7f, "mm: get rid of 'vmalloc_info' from
> /proc/meminfo".

Thanks, Alan. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael

> ---
>  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.)
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
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