From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935249AbYEBSWL (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 14:22:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763275AbYEBSV4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 14:21:56 -0400 Received: from smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.60.11]:28650 "EHLO smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759878AbYEBSV4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 14:21:56 -0400 To: "Lee Mathers (TCAFS)" Cc: Russ Dill , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Slow DOWN, please!!! From: Andi Kleen References: <20080429.190352.137408408.davem@davemloft.net> <4818C0BF.5020002@davidnewall.com> <4818C571.8040609@davidnewall.com> <481947AF.4090101@davidnewall.com> <1209655700.27499.28.camel@localhost> <1209692875.16523.10.camel@localhost> <481B50B9.2080000@tcafs.org> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 20:21:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <481B50B9.2080000@tcafs.org> (Lee Mathers's message of "Fri, 02 May 2008 13:34:49 -0400") Message-ID: <873ap0va6q.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2008 18:14:39.0168 (UTC) FILETIME=[62B1F400:01C8AC80] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Lee Mathers (TCAFS)" writes: > to think about your posting before delivering it around the world. > Not to be rude but do you know how dumb you look right now. There are > many programs that while provide detailed memory usage reports. That > would be a first step. To be fair detailed memory analysis of user space can be tricky, especially if you consider shared pages etc. And the standard tools for it are actually not very good (would be a very interesting area for someone to work on I think) Still the poster could have done much more research before ranting, agreed. -Andi