How do you determine the amount of system memory?
Paul Lussier
p.lussier at comcast.net
Wed Jul 16 23:11:19 EDT 2008
"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Recent Linux kernels have had a minor bug in that the amount of memory
>> reported in /proc/meminfo is incorrect.
>
> Got details?
Not currently, and given I'm going on vacation in a couple hours, I
won't have details for another week or so :)
> Depending on how the bug manifests, it might be enough to compare
> with the output of free(1). If they disagree significantly, bug
> exists. If the bug effects more than /proc/meminfo, that won't work,
> of course.
I believe free reads /proc/meminfo. And I believe the bug does affect
more than just /proc/meminfo. It's rumored that the bug also leaks
memory such that watching /proc/meminfo over time will display a
decrease in the amount of memory available. But that's not confirmed.
--
Seeya,
Paul
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