* Re: get_phys_pages(), get_avphys_pages() no longer read /proc/meminfo
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@ 2020-12-30 20:30 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) via Libc-alpha
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From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) via Libc-alpha @ 2020-12-30 20:30 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jakub Wilk, linux-man; +Cc: libc-alpha, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Jakub,
I updated the page.
Thanks,
Alex
On 12/30/20 9:06 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> The get_phys_pages.3 man page reads:
>
>> These functions obtain the required information by scanning the
>> MemTotal and MemFree fields of /proc/meminfo.
>
> This is no longer the case. Since glibc 2.23, they use sysinfo(2) instead:
>
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=0ce657c576bf1b24
>
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