Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752438AbYKRBdt (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751689AbYKRBdk (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:40 -0500 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:2907 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751327AbYKRBdj (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:39 -0500 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Hugh Dickins" Cc: "Kernel Linux" Subject: RE: size of swapped-out part of the process Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:27 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 Importance: Normal X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:35:40 -0800 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:35:41 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 572 Lines: 17 > On 11/17/08, Hugh Dickins wrote: > Can you possibly explain what types of pages create "VSZ>>RSZ" > effect in total absence of swapping and plenty of free memory ? Rarely-used functions like 'malloc' and 'mmap' enlarge the virtual memory size but (often) have no effect on the resident set size. DS -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/