Messages in this thread | | | From | (Bernd Eckenfels) | Subject | Re: More shared memory than physical memory. | Date | 1 May 1996 00:02:59 GMT |
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Peter Ekberg <peda@pulkan.rydnet.lysator.liu.se> wrote: > when I boot (1.3.9[67]), start X and the first thing I do in X > is to check the available memory, the amount of shared memory > reported by /proc/meminfo is greater than the amount of physical > memory I have.
If I read the code right the semantic of shared memory has changed. Older Kernels reported the Amount of Memory which is used by more then one mapping/process, recent kernels report the sum of the shared pages. IMHO Both numbers are interesting and should be reported. The Shared Pages and the Footprint of the shared area in memory. Linus?
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