Re: libmemstat(3) - Library for monitoring kernel memory use

    0n Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 07:20:39AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: 

    >
    >On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 bhuvan.kumarmital_at_wipro.com wrote:
    >
    >>   Saw your tool (memtop) for monitoring kernel memory. I'd like to use a 
    >>similar tool for linux, i believe your tool is bsd based. Could you tell 
    >>me a similar tool, or perhaps another version of memtop built for linux. 
    >>I'd really appreciate you help. Please reply on my email address.
    >
    >Bhuvan,
    >
    >You are correct that libmemstat and derived tools currently rely on 
    >features present in the FreeBSD kernel.  The library provides a general 
    >monitoring abstraction over a set of specific kernel memory allocators -- 
    >specifically, the FreeBSD malloc(9) and uma(9) allocators.  It is 
    >relatively straight forward to implement that abstraction for other memory 
    >allocators, such as user space allocators or kernel allocators from other 
    >platforms, but that work has not been done (as far as I know).  I'm not 
    >aware of specific monitoring tools for the Linux operating system that are 
    >able to perform this type of profiling/monitoring, although I presume some 
    >sort of kernel memory profiling tool does exist.

Erm, Robert, where does memtop live ? I can find it in ports nor base system.


 -aW