Hi, I am running the following application. #include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> int main() { unsigned char* arr; system("cat /proc/meminfo"); sleep(25); arr = (char *)malloc (1048576); system("cat /proc/meminfo"); sleep(25); free(arr); system("cat /proc/meminfo"); sleep(25); } I am getting the following meminfo statistics. As I am allocating and freeing 1024 kb, so I should get the same information through /proc/meminfo: MemTotal: 14296 kB MemFree: 912 kB Buffers: 1448 kB Cached: 5564 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 5480 kB Inactive: 3664 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 14296 kB LowFree: 912 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 0 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 5144 kB Slab: 1560 kB CommitLimit: 7148 kB Committed_AS: 6492 kB PageTables: 188 kB VmallocTotal: 630784 kB VmallocUsed: 262560 kB VmallocChunk: 366588 kB MemTotal: 14296 kB MemFree: 920 kB Buffers: 1448 kB Cached: 5564 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 5492 kB Inactive: 3660 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 14296 kB LowFree: 920 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 0 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 5152 kB Slab: 1544 kB CommitLimit: 7148 kB Committed_AS: 7652 kB PageTables: 188 kB VmallocTotal: 630784 kB VmallocUsed: 262560 kB VmallocChunk: 366588 kB MemTotal: 14296 kB MemFree: 924 kB Buffers: 1448 kB Cached: 5564 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 5488 kB Inactive: 3660 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 14296 kB LowFree: 924 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 0 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 5148 kB Slab: 1544 kB CommitLimit: 7148 kB Committed_AS: 6624 kB PageTables: 188 kB VmallocTotal: 630784 kB VmallocUsed: 262560 kB VmallocChunk: 366588 kB I think that the values given in first Committed_AS and 3rd Committed_AS should be same. But the same is not the case. Why its so? Anticipation and regards, Abu. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs