Hi, This patch was generated against 2.6.12-rc1
Working on some code lately I've been getting huge values for "Cached". The cause is that get_page_cache_size() is an approximate value, and for a sufficiently small returned value of get_page_cache_size() the value underflows. Signed-off-by: Martin Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proc_misc.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.11.cached-limit/fs/proc/proc_misc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.11.cached-limit.orig/fs/proc/proc_misc.c 2005-03-31 11:36:46.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.11.cached-limit/fs/proc/proc_misc.c 2005-03-31 11:37:12.000000000 -0800 @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, unsigned long committed; unsigned long allowed; struct vmalloc_info vmi; + unsigned long cached; get_page_state(&ps); get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free); @@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, allowed = ((totalram_pages - hugetlb_total_pages()) * sysctl_overcommit_ratio / 100) + total_swap_pages; + cached = get_page_cache_size(); + if (total_swapcache_pages+i.bufferram < cached) + cached -= total_swapcache_pages + i.bufferram; + else + cached = 0; + get_vmalloc_info(&vmi); /* @@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, K(i.totalram), K(i.freeram), K(i.bufferram), - K(get_page_cache_size()-total_swapcache_pages-i.bufferram), + K(cached), K(total_swapcache_pages), K(active), K(inactive), - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/