sysinfo — returns information on overall system statistics
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
int
sysinfo( |
struct sysinfo *info) ; |
Until Linux 2.3.16, sysinfo
() used to return information in the
following structure:
struct sysinfo { long uptime
; /* Seconds since boot */unsigned long loads
[3]; /* 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages */unsigned long totalram
; /* Total usable main memory size */unsigned long freeram
; /* Available memory size */unsigned long sharedram
; /* Amount of shared memory */unsigned long bufferram
; /* Memory used by buffers */unsigned long totalswap
; /* Total swap space size */unsigned long freeswap
; /* swap space still available */unsigned short procs
; /* Number of current processes */char _f
[22]; /* Pads structure to 64 bytes */};
and the sizes were given in bytes.
Since Linux 2.3.23 (i386), 2.3.48 (all architectures) the structure is:
struct sysinfo { long uptime; /* Seconds since boot */ unsigned long loads[3]; /* 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages */ unsigned long totalram; /* Total usable main memory size */ unsigned long freeram; /* Available memory size */ unsigned long sharedram; /* Amount of shared memory */ unsigned long bufferram; /* Memory used by buffers */ unsigned long totalswap; /* Total swap space size */ unsigned long freeswap; /* swap space still available */ unsigned short procs; /* Number of current processes */ unsigned long totalhigh; /* Total high memory size */ unsigned long freehigh; /* Available high memory size */ unsigned int mem_unit; /* Memory unit size in bytes */ char _f[20−2*sizeof(long)−sizeof(int)]; /* Padding for libc5 */ };
and the sizes are given as multiples of mem_unit
bytes.
sysinfo
() provides a simple
way of getting overall system statistics. This is more
portable than reading /dev/kmem
.
On success, zero is returned. On error, −1 is
returned, and errno
is set
appropriately.
This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
The Linux kernel has a sysinfo
() system call since 0.98.pl6. Linux
libc contains a sysinfo
()
routine since 5.3.5, and glibc has one since 1.90.