Apache/2.0.55 (Debian) mod_perl/2.0.2 Perl/v5.8.8
I'm testing out a Catalyst application running under mod_perl (was
using fastcgi before). I'm trying to get a grasp on the memory used
by the processes.
Anyone familiar with pmap on linux? There's this description of using
pmap to determine shared memory of a process:
http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html
But, I'm seeing different values from GTop. GTop is showing about 25M
shared, where pmap is only showing 5.7M shared.
I tend (and hope!) to believe GTop. But, now I'm wondering what's
the difference. Can anyone explain?
I'm also using a mmapped cache file for sessions. So, I'm not clear
how that is counted, if at all. Granted, it's not that big:
$ ls -lh /tmp/ws2_session-0
-rw-r----- 1 root root 5.6M 2006-05-01 07:05 /tmp/ws2_session-0
But I'm wondering if that's counted in the memory of each process,
and in GTop's shared count.
The other somewhat curious thing is that I'm not seeing any difference
in memory when I preload modules. Granted, I'm using Catalyst which
has a setup() method that brings in most code at module load time.
Do you think that accounts for the similar results below?
I'm preloading about 300 modules. (I just dumpped %INC for my tests.)
In this first test I'm using PerlLoadModule:
total = 905892K
shared = 0K
used = 845768K
free = 60124K
21229 size = 63008k
21229 vsize = 63008k
21229 resident = 44856k
21229 share = 24752k
21229 rss = 44856k
pmap -d 21229 | grep write
mapped: 63012K writeable/private: 39836K shared: 5752K
Loading 360 in startup.pl as "use Foo ();"
total = 905892K
shared = 0K
used = 865904K
free = 39988K
21873 size = 62936k
21873 vsize = 62936k
21873 resident = 44800k
21873 share = 24752k
21873 rss = 44800k
pmap -d 21873 | grep write
mapped: 62940K writeable/private: 39764K shared: 5752K
Only PerlLoadModule one module -- the main Catalyst application
module:
total = 905892K
shared = 0K
used = 857464K
free = 48428K
22024 size = 61628k
22024 vsize = 61628k
22024 resident = 43528k
22024 share = 24752k
22024 rss = 43528k
pmap -d 22024 | grep write
mapped: 61632K writeable/private: 38456K shared: 5752K
Not much difference.
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Bill Moseley
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