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Old 07-09-2009, 01:20 AM   #1
LilyHan
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swap usage different between RHEL 5.2 and RHEL 5.


The sleep job's swap usage is very different on RHEL5.2 and others, why?

>cat /etc/*release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)
> sleep 333 &
[4] 4285
> cat /proc/4285/stat |awk '{print $23}'
62341120
^^^^^^^^

> cat /etc/*release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 5)
> sleep 3333 &
[2] 26046
> cat /proc/26046/stat | awk '{print $23}'
5533696

Thanks!
Lily.
 
Old 08-01-2009, 06:09 AM   #2
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You mean between RHEL 4 U5 and RHEL 5 U2. I'd say the major release versions are different enough in kernel architecture (2.6.9-something vs 2.6.18) and userland improvement to make up for that. I don't run 4 so on the left hand side is Centos-3, right is Centos-5. You see the process on 5 is leaner:
Code:
Virtual memory size: 4096 KB                                  | Virtual memory size: 3708 KB
Resident set size: 484 KB                                     | Resident set size: 460 KB
Current real memory limit: 4194303 KB                           Current real memory limit: 4194303 KB
Code segment: 0x08048000 - 0x0804ab44 (10 KB)                 | Code segment: 0x08048000 - 0x0804bb18 (14 KB)
Data segment size: 448 KB                                     | Data segment size: 156 KB
Stack size: 8 KB                                              | Stack size: 84 KB
Library segment size: 1536 KB                                 | Library segment size: 1376 KB
Currently mapped memory regions:                                Currently mapped memory regions:
   Address           Perm Offset   Dev   Inode                     Address           Perm Offset   Dev   Inode
  ------------------------------------------------                ------------------------------------------------
   08048000-0804b000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 46953      /bin/slee |    0049b000-0049c000 r-xp 0049b000 00:00 0          [vdso]
   0804b000-0804d000 rw-p 00002000 03:07 46953      /bin/slee |    0051a000-00534000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 159725     /lib/ld-2
   0804d000-0806e000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0                    |    00534000-00535000 r-xp 00019000 08:03 159725     /lib/ld-2
   40006000-40007000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                    |    00535000-00536000 rwxp 0001a000 08:03 159725     /lib/ld-2
   40007000-40207000 r--p 00000000 03:05 32293      /usr/lib/ |    00538000-00676000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 159729     /lib/libc
   4a457000-4a46c000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 42889      /lib/ld-2 |    00676000-00678000 r-xp 0013e000 08:03 159729     /lib/libc
   4a46c000-4a46d000 rw-p 00015000 03:07 42889      /lib/ld-2 |    00678000-00679000 rwxp 00140000 08:03 159729     /lib/libc
   4a46f000-4a5a3000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 12447      /lib/i686 |    00679000-0067c000 rwxp 00679000 00:00 0 
   4a5a3000-4a5a6000 rw-p 00134000 03:07 12447      /lib/i686 |    08048000-0804c000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 191439     /bin/slee
   4a5a6000-4a5a9000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                    |    0804c000-0804e000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 191439     /bin/slee
   4a5d4000-4a5f5000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 12449      /lib/i686 |    09820000-09841000 rw-p 09820000 00:00 0          [heap]
   4a5f5000-4a5f6000 rw-p 00021000 03:07 12449      /lib/i686 |    b7d5a000-b7f5a000 r--p 00000000 08:05 165953     /usr/lib/
   4a670000-4a67e000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 12448      /lib/i686 |    b7f5a000-b7f5c000 rw-p b7f5a000 00:00 0 
   4a67e000-4a681000 rw-p 0000e000 03:07 12448      /lib/i686 |    bfa41000-bfa56000 rw-p bffea000 00:00 0          [stack]
   4a681000-4a6c1000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                    | Used stack: 0xbfa54b68 - 0xbfa54cc0 (344 bytes) [esp == 0xbfa
   4a849000-4a851000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 12450      /lib/i686 | Current instruction is at: 0x0049b402
   4a851000-4a852000 rw-p 00007000 03:07 12450      /lib/i686 <
   4a852000-4a85d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                    <
   bfffe000-c0000000 rwxp fffff000 00:00 0                    <
Used stack: 0xbffff8ec - 0xbffffa00 (276 bytes) [esp == 0xbff <
Current instruction is at: 0x4a51a245                         <
 
  


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