Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 14:23:32 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wheres all my memory going? Message-ID: <199710082123.OAA23309@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:57:56 -0000." <199710082057.NAA11442@usr05.primenet.com>
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>> FreeBSD and other 4.4BSD derived OSes don't include the space consumed by >> mmap'ed files (except the one being execed) in the 'SIZE'. The virtual size >> as reported is the sum of text+data+bss+heap+stack. This is a "bug" of sorts, >> but is difficult to fix. > >You mean "clean pages which have not triggered copy-on-write are not >counted", right? No, I mean mmap'ed files (excluding the original executable) aren't counted in the virtual size at all, ever - modified or not. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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