--- Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

+++ Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt

@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:

CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff

voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0

nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1

- Stack usage: 12 kB

This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with

the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its

@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (

Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format"

voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches

nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches

- Stack usage: stack usage high water mark (round up to page size)

..............................................................................

Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3)

@@ -309,7 +307,7 @@ address perms offset dev in

08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test

0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]

a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0

-a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4]

+a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0

a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0

a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0

a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6

@@ -345,7 +343,6 @@ is not associated with a file:

[stack] = the stack of the main process

[vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object",

the kernel system call handler

- [threadstack:xxxxxxxx] = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size

or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.