From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756661AbbCMQEc (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:04:32 -0400 Received: from pd.grulic.org.ar ([200.16.16.187]:41247 "EHLO pd.grulic.org.ar" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756071AbbCMQEb (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:04:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:04:28 -0300 From: Marcos Dione To: Michal Hocko Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marcos-david.dione@amadeus.com, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: committed memory, mmaps and shms Message-ID: <20150313160427.GA23826@grulic.org.ar> References: <20150311181044.GC14481@diablo.grulicueva.local> <20150312124053.GA30035@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20150312145422.GA9240@grulic.org.ar> <20150312153513.GA14537@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20150312165600.GC9240@grulic.org.ar> <20150313140958.GC4881@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150313140958.GC4881@dhcp22.suse.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 03:09:58PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > Well, the memory management subsystem is rather complex and it is not > really trivial to match all the possible combinations into simple > counters. Yes, I imagine. > I would be interested in the particular usecase where you want the > specific information and it is important outside of debugging purposes. Well, now it's more sheer curiosity than anything else, except for the Commited_AS, which is directly related to work. I personalyy prefer to a) have a full picture in my head and b) have it documented somwhere, if at least in this thread. -- Marcos.