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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 0d07513a67a6..e418f3d8f427 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ memory usage. Its seven fields are explained in Table 1-3. The stat file contains details information about the process itself. Its fields are explained in Table 1-4. +(for SMP CONFIG users) +For making accounting scalable, RSS related information are handled in +asynchronous manner and the vaule may not be very precise. To see a precise +snapshot of a moment, you can see /proc/<pid>/smaps file and scan page table. +It's slow but very precise. + Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) .............................................................................. Field Content |