Messages in this thread | | | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Subject | Re: Shared memory quantity not being reflected by /proc/meminfo | Date | 24 Jun 2001 10:44:13 +0200 |
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Hi Albert,
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > You misunderstood what 2.2.xx kernels were reporting. > The "shared" memory in /proc/meminfo refers to something > completely unrelated to SysV shared memory. This is no > longer calculated because the computation was too costly.
But the load of misinterpretations and the missing value led me to export the number of shmem pages in later -ac kernels exactly in this field.
I know it is a change of semantics and because of this both Alan and me asked for comments if this change is appreciated. I am still waiting for responses though.
Greetings Christoph
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