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From: Alex Yang <himself65@outlook.com>
To: alx@kernel.org
Cc: collin.funk1@gmail.com, himself6565@gmail.com,
	himself65@outlook.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man2/getrusage.2: clarify ru_maxrss unit as KiB
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:19:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250818081922.43305-1-himself65@outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jclco3uxvj7drormblgik6fsa36aemanyxqaf44mhaqgbwszye@nuhauaulbrlg>

Yes, I think the related code is from getrusage in sys.c:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/c17b750b3ad9f45f2b6f7e6f7f4679844244f0b9/kernel/sys.c#L1911

This code shows that ru_maxrss is reported in units of 1024 bytes, which means it is in kibibytes (KiB), not kilobytes (KB).

      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-18  8:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-18  6:12 [PATCH] man/man2/getrusage.2: clarify ru_maxrss unit as kibibytes (KiB) Your Name
2025-08-18  6:30 ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-08-18  6:52   ` Collin Funk
2025-08-18  6:58     ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-08-18  7:59       ` [PATCH] man/man2/getrusage.2: clarify ru_maxrss unit as KiB Alex Yang
2025-08-18  9:36         ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-08-18  8:19       ` Alex Yang [this message]

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