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| author | nicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com> | 2016-12-03 18:07:24 +0100 |
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| committer | nicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com> | 2016-12-03 18:07:24 +0100 |
| commit | 80d9d05ba57fbe16adf1e036789d202de348caf9 (patch) | |
| tree | fa6cbc3b601b8b35b3fae55e21d3fc4cf666678b /docs | |
| parent | 40a2331a817939dee467e8fa805c62c5218182f8 (diff) | |
Update processlist doc
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/aoa/ps.rst | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/aoa/ps.rst b/docs/aoa/ps.rst index 3d8b5c4c..a1da1575 100644 --- a/docs/aoa/ps.rst +++ b/docs/aoa/ps.rst @@ -52,23 +52,25 @@ Columns display ``VIRT`` Virtual Memory Size The total amount of virtual memory used by the - process + process. It includes all code, data and shared + libraries plus pages that have been swapped out + and pages that have been mapped but not used. ``RES`` Resident Memory Size The non-swapped physical memory a process is - using + using (what's currently in the physical memory). ``PID`` Process ID ``USER`` User ID ``NI`` Nice level of the process ``S`` Process status The status of the process: - - - ``R``: running - - ``S``: sleeping (may be interrupted) - - ``D``: disk sleep (may not be interrupted) - - ``T``: traced/stopped - - ``Z``: zombie + - ``R``: running or runnable (on run queue) + - ``S``: interruptible sleep (waiting for an event) + - ``D``: uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) + - ``Z``: defunct ("zombie") process + - ``T``: traced/stopped by job control signal + - ``X``: dead (should never be seen) ``TIME+`` Cumulative CPU time used by the process ``R/s`` Per process I/O read rate in B/s |