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 ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 11:15:48 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] ELC2009: Visualizing memory usage with smem > [LWN.net] > > > > 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. > > > > > -- > > http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published > http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science > http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work > > > _______________________________________________ > Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss
