| From: Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com>
| To: procps-ng <procps@freelists.org>
| Subject: [procps] shared memory in 'free'
|
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.c b/proc/sysinfo.c
index 15cdb83..8e4aca2 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.c
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.c
@@ -629,13 +629,14 @@ void meminfo(void){
   {"LowTotal",     &kb_low_total},
   {"Mapped",       &kb_mapped},       // kB version of vmstat nr_mapped
   {"MemFree",      &kb_main_free},    // important
-  {"MemShared",    &kb_main_shared},  // important, but now gone!
+  {"MemShared",    &kb_main_shared},  // obsolete since kernel 2.6! (sharing the variable with Shmem replacement)
   {"MemTotal",     &kb_main_total},   // important
   {"NFS_Unstable", &kb_nfs_unstable},
   {"PageTables",   &kb_pagetables},   // kB version of vmstat nr_page_table_pages
   {"ReverseMaps",  &nr_reversemaps},  // same as vmstat nr_page_table_pages
   {"SReclaimable", &kb_swap_reclaimable}, // "swap reclaimable" (dentry and inode structures)
   {"SUnreclaim",   &kb_swap_unreclaimable},
+  {"Shmem",        &kb_main_shared},  // sharing the output variable with obsolete MemShared (kernel 2.6 and later)
   {"Slab",         &kb_slab},         // kB version of vmstat nr_slab
   {"SwapCached",   &kb_swap_cached},
   {"SwapFree",     &kb_swap_free},    // important