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Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: improve smaps field documentation
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documentation-filesystems-proctxt-improve-smaps-field-documentation.patch
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Subject: Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: improve smaps field documentation
From: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~documentation-filesystems-proctxt-improve-smaps-field-documentation Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~documentation-filesystems-proctxt-improve-smaps-field-documentation
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -374,13 +374,14 @@ Swap: 0 kB
KernelPageSize: 4 kB
MMUPageSize: 4 kB
-The first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the
-mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size of the mapping,
-the amount of the mapping that is currently resident in RAM, the "proportional
-set sizeâ?? (divide each shared page by the number of processes sharing it), the
-number of clean and dirty shared pages in the mapping, and the number of clean
-and dirty private pages in the mapping. The "Referenced" indicates the amount
-of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
+The first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed
+for the mapping in /proc/PID/maps. The remaining lines show the size
+of the mapping (size), the amount of the mapping that is currently
+resident in RAM (RSS), the process' proportional share of this mapping
+(PSS), the number of clean and dirty shared pages in the mapping, and
+the number of clean and dirty private pages in the mapping. The
+"Referenced" indicates the amount of memory currently marked as
+referenced or accessed.
This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
enabled.
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx are
documentation-filesystems-proctxt-improve-smaps-field-documentation.patch
mm-smaps-export-mlock-information.patch
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