Re: [LUG] Size of /proc/kcore

[Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 13/09/10 15:19, Simon Waters wrote:
> This is universally the size of memory, being as it is a mapping of
> memory except.....
> 
> 64bit AMD machines (virtual) have 128TB for /proc/kcore
> 
> This seems wrong, and the nice folk in the LKML were discussing a
> similar issue in June 2009.
> 
> Anyone know if this is simply a kernel bug or did someone deliberately
> decide to make it a stupid size? Anyone have a 64bit system, especially
> AMD, where the size of /proc/kcore is the size of RAM, and if so which
> kernel are you running please? All the reports seem to be AMD64 circa
> 2.6.32
> 
> 

ok not a 64 bit system but mine is

psutton@testuser-desktop:~$ ls -l /proc/kcore
-r-------- 1 root root 1065349120 2010-09-13 19:50 /proc/kcore
psutton@testuser-desktop:~$ ls -lh /proc/kcore
-r-------- 1 root root 1016M 2010-09-13 19:50 /proc/kcore


Linux testuser-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 20
14:24:04 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux


ubuntu 10,04 32 bit on amd duron 1600 with 1gb ram


output of free

psutton@testuser-desktop:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1026460     905376     121084          0      65852     404456
-/+ buffers/cache:     435068     591392
Swap:       136512          0     136512
psutton@testuser-desktop:~$


Paul

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