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[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / filesystems / proc.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index a6aca87..9471225 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
  statm         Process memory status information
  status                Process status in human readable form
  wchan         If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
+ pagemap       Page table
  stack         Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE
  smaps         a extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of
                each mapping
@@ -370,17 +371,24 @@ Shared_Dirty:          0 kB
 Private_Clean:         0 kB
 Private_Dirty:         0 kB
 Referenced:          892 kB
+Anonymous:             0 kB
 Swap:                  0 kB
 KernelPageSize:        4 kB
 MMUPageSize:           4 kB
 
-The first  of these lines shows  the same information  as is displayed for the
-mapping in /proc/PID/maps.  The remaining lines show  the size of the mapping,
-the amount of the mapping that is currently resident in RAM, the "proportional
-set size” (divide each shared page by the number of processes sharing it), the
-number of clean and dirty shared pages in the mapping, and the number of clean
-and dirty private pages in the mapping.  The "Referenced" indicates the amount
-of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
+The first of these lines shows the same information as is displayed for the
+mapping in /proc/PID/maps.  The remaining lines show the size of the mapping
+(size), the amount of the mapping that is currently resident in RAM (RSS), the
+process' proportional share of this mapping (PSS), the number of clean and
+dirty private pages in the mapping.  Note that even a page which is part of a
+MAP_SHARED mapping, but has only a single pte mapped, i.e.  is currently used
+by only one process, is accounted as private and not as shared.  "Referenced"
+indicates the amount of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
+"Anonymous" shows the amount of memory that does not belong to any file.  Even
+a mapping associated with a file may contain anonymous pages: when MAP_PRIVATE
+and a page is modified, the file page is replaced by a private anonymous copy.
+"Swap" shows how much would-be-anonymous memory is also used, but out on
+swap.
 
 This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
 enabled.
@@ -397,6 +405,9 @@ To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process
     > echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
 Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect.
 
+The /proc/pid/pagemap gives the PFN, which can be used to find the pageflags
+using /proc/kpageflags and number of times a page is mapped using
+/proc/kpagecount. For detailed explanation, see Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt.
 
 1.2 Kernel data
 ---------------
@@ -1170,6 +1181,30 @@ Table 1-12: Files in /proc/fs/ext4/<devname>
  mb_groups       details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks
 ..............................................................................
 
+2.0 /proc/consoles
+------------------
+Shows registered system console lines.
+
+To see which character device lines are currently used for the system console
+/dev/console, you may simply look into the file /proc/consoles:
+
+  > cat /proc/consoles
+  tty0                 -WU (ECp)       4:7
+  ttyS0                -W- (Ep)        4:64
+
+The columns are:
+
+  device               name of the device
+  operations           R = can do read operations
+                       W = can do write operations
+                       U = can do unblank
+  flags                E = it is enabled
+                       C = it is prefered console
+                       B = it is primary boot console
+                       p = it is used for printk buffer
+                       b = it is not a TTY but a Braille device
+                       a = it is safe to use when cpu is offline
+  major:minor          major and minor number of the device separated by a colon
 
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