0001204: "top" in rev 17813 maybe misunderstand "%MEM" usage

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0001204

[BusyBox] Standards Compliance

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02-08-07 18:55

02-12-08 02:41

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rockeychu

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0001204: "top" in rev 17813 maybe misunderstand "%MEM" usage

Description

In man of top, %MEM explains as:

n: %MEM -- Memory usage (RES)
A task's currently used share of available physical memory.

That is, it just calculates "physical" memory not "virtual" memory.

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(0004214) vda 02-12-08 02:41	Not a bug. %MEM is just a % of this process' VSZ against total RAM (and it can even go above 100%).

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
02-08-07 18:55	rockeychu	New Issue
02-08-07 18:55	rockeychu	Status	new => assigned
02-08-07 18:55	rockeychu	Assigned To	=> BusyBox
01-09-08 03:48	jason_chou2	Issue Monitored: jason_chou2
02-12-08 02:41	vda	Status	assigned => closed
02-12-08 02:41	vda	Note Added: 0004214
02-12-08 02:41	vda	Resolution	open => no change required