Re: ELC2009: Visualizing memory usage with smem [LWN.net]

Hi,

I dont know anything about smem tool; perhaps its more informative. But I find "top" very much effective in this arena. Moreover for more details its better to use profilers like gprof etc.

Thanks,
Mrinmoy

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> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 11:15:48 +0530
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> Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] ELC2009: Visualizing memory usage with smem [LWN.net]
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> One of the more frustrating things to try and figure out on Linux
> systems is how much memory is actually being used by a process. The ps
> command offers something of a view into memory usage, but adding up the
> numbers for various types of memory never yields a sensible result. It
> is against this backdrop that Matt Mackall presented his smem tool at
> this year's Embedded Linux Conference.
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