Say hello to smem
The smem command reports physical memory usage, taking shared memory pages into account. Unshared memory is reported as the USS (Unique Set Size). Shared memory is divided evenly among the processes sharing that memory. The unshared memory (USS) plus a process's proportion of shared memory is reported as the PSS (Proportional Set Size). The USS and PSS only include physical memory usage. They do not include memory that has been swapped out to disk. Memory can be reported by process, by user, by mapping, or system-wide. Both text mode and graphical output are available.
Installation
To install smem[2] type the following command under Debian / Ubuntu Linux:
RHEL / CentOS Linux user type the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install smemRHEL / CentOS Linux user type the following command:
$ wget http://www.selenic.com/smem/download/smem-1.2.tar.gz
$ tar xvf smem-1.2.tar.gz
# cp /tmp/smem-1.2/smem /usr/local/bin/
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/smemHow do I use smem command?
The syntax is:
smem [option] ## This lets smem include the size of the kernel's code and statically allocated data in the systemwide (-w) output ## smem -K /path/to/kernel/image/on/disk [option] ## Amount of physical RAM. This lets smem detect the amount of memory used by firmware/hardware in the systemwide (-w) output. ## If provided, it will also be used as the total memory size to base percentages on. smem -R REALMEMSIZE [option]
To see basic process information, enter:
Sample outputs:
# smemSample outputs:
PID User Command Swap USS PSS RSS 53369 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2788 0 0 8 53387 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2796 0 0 8 36227 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2324 0 1 8 36232 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2324 0 1 4 36233 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2324 0 1 4 46733 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2904 0 2 8 46739 xxxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2904 0 2 4 3623 root ssh-agent 576 4 4 4 53378 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 2788 4 4 8 53396 vivek /usr/bin/php-cgi 2788 4 4 8 7855 root rpc.rquotad 144 4 6 116 7480 root ssh-agent 604 4 7 112 34832 root ssh-agent 576 4 7 92 7334 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty1 76 4 19 436 7336 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2 76 4 19 436 7338 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3 76 4 19 436 7340 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty4 80 4 19 436 7346 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5 80 4 19 436 7350 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty6 76 4 19 436 7332 root /sbin/agetty /dev/ttyS1 192 80 4 22 460 53405 raj /usr/bin/php-cgi 2760 32 32 36 7780 rpcuser rpc.statd 3568 4 41 668
To see library-oriented view, enter:
To see user-oriented view, enter:
Sample outputs:
# smem -mTo see user-oriented view, enter:
# smem -uSample outputs:
User Count Swap USS PSS RSS rpcuser 1 3568 4 41 668 vivek 4 7300 44 73 564 xxxxxxxx 3 6120 56 77 524 rpc 1 200 68 104 596 raj 1 468 272 300 892 ntp 1 316 324 367 1036 cdnnginx 1 420 572 603 1216
To see systemwide memory usage summary pass the -w option:
Sample outputs:
# smem -wSample outputs:
Area Used Cache Noncache firmware/hardware 0 0 0 kernel image 0 0 0 kernel dynamic memory 5302144 5137920 164224 userspace memory 2692196 240828 2451368 free memory 126228 126228 0
To see system view
To see totals and percentages, enter:
Sample outputs:
# smem -R 8G -K /path/to/vmlinux/on/disk -wTo see totals and percentages, enter:
# smem -t -pSample outputs:
PID User Command Swap USS PSS RSS 53369 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 53387 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 36227 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 36232 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 36233 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 46733 xxxxxxxy /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 46739 xxxxxxxy /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3623 root ssh-agent 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 53378 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 53396 xxxxxxx /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7855 root rpc.rquotad 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7480 root ssh-agent 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 34832 root ssh-agent 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7334 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7336 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 7338 root /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% ..... .. ... 65304 vivek /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.00% 0.16% 0.27% 0.61% 33931 vivek /usr/bin/php-cgi 0.00% 0.14% 0.28% 0.44% 47933 squid (squid) -f /etc/squid/squid 0.11% 2.69% 2.69% 2.71% 28410 mysql /usr/libexec/mysqld --based 0.01% 3.67% 3.67% 3.68% 48440 memcached memcached -d -p 11211 -u me 0.01% 4.41% 4.41% 4.41% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 191 24 5.36% 16.08% 19.43% 27.24%
Options
Type the following command to see all other supported options:
Sample outputs:
# smem --helpSample outputs:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-H, --no-header disable header line
-c COLUMNS, --columns=COLUMNS
columns to show
-t, --totals show totals
-R REALMEM, --realmem=REALMEM
amount of physical RAM
-K KERNEL, --kernel=KERNEL
path to kernel image
-m, --mappings show mappings
-u, --users show users
-w, --system show whole system
-P PROCESSFILTER, --processfilter=PROCESSFILTER
process filter regex
-M MAPFILTER, --mapfilter=MAPFILTER
map filter regex
-U USERFILTER, --userfilter=USERFILTER
user filter regex
-n, --numeric numeric output
-s SORT, --sort=SORT field to sort on
-r, --reverse reverse sort
-p, --percent show percentage
-k, --abbreviate show unit suffixes
--pie=PIE show pie graph
--bar=BAR show bar graph
-S SOURCE, --source=SOURCE
/proc data source
