Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/genesis-2.6 into devel-stable

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

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index a6aca87..a563b74 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -374,13 +374,13 @@ 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 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.
 
 This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
 enabled.