From: Miklos Szeredi A few fields in /proc/meminfo were not documented. Fix. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt =================================================================== --- linux.orig/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2008-03-18 19:27:43.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt 2008-03-18 19:41:40.000000000 +0100 @@ -463,11 +463,17 @@ SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 968 kB Writeback: 0 kB +AnonPages: 861800 kB Mapped: 280372 kB -Slab: 684068 kB +Slab: 284364 kB +SReclaimable: 159856 kB +SUnreclaim: 124508 kB +PageTables: 24448 kB +NFS_Unstable: 0 kB +Bounce: 0 kB +WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 7669796 kB Committed_AS: 100056 kB -PageTables: 24448 kB VmallocTotal: 112216 kB VmallocUsed: 428 kB VmallocChunk: 111088 kB @@ -503,8 +509,17 @@ VmallocChunk: 111088 kB on the disk Dirty: Memory which is waiting to get written back to the disk Writeback: Memory which is actively being written back to the disk + AnonPages: Non-file backed pages mapped into userspace page tables Mapped: files which have been mmaped, such as libraries Slab: in-kernel data structures cache +SReclaimable: Part of Slab, that might be reclaimed, such as caches + SUnreclaim: Part of Slab, that cannot be reclaimed on memory pressure + PageTables: amount of memory dedicated to the lowest level of page + tables. +NFS_Unstable: NFS pages sent to the server, but not yet committed to stable + storage + Bounce: Memory used for block device "bounce buffers" +WritebackTmp: Memory used by FUSE for temporary writeback buffers CommitLimit: Based on the overcommit ratio ('vm.overcommit_ratio'), this is the total amount of memory currently available to be allocated on the system. This limit is only adhered to @@ -531,8 +546,6 @@ Committed_AS: The amount of memory prese above) will not be permitted. This is useful if one needs to guarantee that processes will not fail due to lack of memory once that memory has been successfully allocated. - PageTables: amount of memory dedicated to the lowest level of page - tables. VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used VmallocChunk: largest contigious block of vmalloc area which is free -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/