From 4649602265495a3bb776d777c91dba569f4afb5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Minto Joseph Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:24:35 -0700 Subject: Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: fix mistake in the description of Committed_AS Fix mistake in the description of Committed_AS in kernel documentation. Signed-off-by: Minto Joseph Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index fcc22c982a25..823c95faebd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -854,16 +854,15 @@ Committed_AS: The amount of memory presently allocated on the system. The committed memory is a sum of all of the memory which has been allocated by processes, even if it has not been "used" by them as of yet. A process which malloc()'s 1G - of memory, but only touches 300M of it will only show up - as using 300M of memory even if it has the address space - allocated for the entire 1G. This 1G is memory which has - been "committed" to by the VM and can be used at any time - by the allocating application. With strict overcommit - enabled on the system (mode 2 in 'vm.overcommit_memory'), - allocations which would exceed the CommitLimit (detailed - 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. + of memory, but only touches 300M of it will show up as + using 1G. This 1G is memory which has been "committed" to + by the VM and can be used at any time by the allocating + application. With strict overcommit enabled on the system + (mode 2 in 'vm.overcommit_memory'),allocations which would + exceed the CommitLimit (detailed 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. VmallocTotal: total size of vmalloc memory area VmallocUsed: amount of vmalloc area which is used VmallocChunk: largest contiguous block of vmalloc area which is free -- cgit v1.2.3