From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 20 00:30:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 654221065693 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C4B08FC2A for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.60]) by qmta12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id lBm51f0041HpZEsACCWqj8; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:50 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([98.248.34.134]) by omta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id lCWk1f0072tehsa8aCWmA9; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:49 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 063769B427; Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:30:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:30:43 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Claus Guttesen Message-ID: <20101220003042.GB51776@icarus.home.lan> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: get ram usage using getrusage() X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:30:51 -0000 On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:51:02PM +0100, Claus Guttesen wrote: > I'm trying to read how much ram an app is using reading > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/stable/2006-03/msg00246.html > from ru.ru_maxrss. While ru.ru_maxrss gives me used accurate ram-usage > when memory increases it doesn't immediately count down when memory is > released. > > So I tried to get a more accurate reading using this using > /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_clock.c as example: > > struct thread *td; > td = curthread; > p = td->td_proc; > vm = p->p_vmspace; > rss = pgtok(vmspace_resident_count(vm)); > > Curthread is not defined, I searched google but can't find any references. > > But is this the proper way to get an apps memory usage? This question might be better suited for the freebsd-hackers mailing list. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |