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Re: Patch for /proc/meminfo handler
On Mar 12 15:14, Andrew Klopper wrote:
> With the Cygwin 1.5.7-1 DLL, 'cat /proc/meminfo' returns an incorrect
> value for free swap space. This is most noticeable when the free virtual
> memory is less than the total physical memory, in which case the
> calculated free swap space is a negative value. This value is then
> converted to an unsigned int for display purposes, resulting in a very
> large positive number which is greater than the total amount of swap
> space.
>
> A patch to correct this problem is attached.
Well, that doesn't look right after applying your patch:
$ cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free:
Mem: 536330240 230658048 305672192
Swap: 770961408 4245790720 820137984
MemTotal: 523760 kB
MemFree: 298508 kB
[...]
SwapTotal: 752892 kB
SwapFree: 800916 kB
The result using the original version looks much better:
$ cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free:
Mem: 536330240 231788544 304541696
Swap: 770961408 182104064 588857344
MemTotal: 523760 kB
MemFree: 297404 kB
[...]
SwapTotal: 752892 kB
SwapFree: 575056 kB
So, perhaps both are wrong?
Please don't send patches uuencoded or in any other encoded or compressed
way. Just add it as plain text, inline or attached. And all patches
need a ChangeLog entry. Have a look onto http://cygwin.com/contrib.html
which explains it thoroughly.
Thanks,
Corinna
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