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diff --git a/man/slabtop.1 b/man/slabtop.1 index edf4784..089fb0e 100644 --- a/man/slabtop.1 +++ b/man/slabtop.1 @@ -104,7 +104,13 @@ The .B slabtop statistic header is tracking how many bytes of slabs are being used and is not a measure of physical memory. The 'Slab' field in the -\fI/proc/meminfo\fR file is tracking information about used slab physical +\fI/proc/meminfo\fR file is tracking information about used slab physical memory. +.PP +The +.B CACHE SIZE +column is not accurate, it's the upper limit of memory used by specific slab. When system +using slub (most common case) is under high memory pressure, there are slab order +fallbacks, which means "pages per slab" is not constant and may decrease. .SH AUTHORS Written by Chris Rivera and Robert Love. .PP |