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sysinfo() - Unix, Linux System Call
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NAME
sysinfo - returns information on overall system statistics
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
int sysinfo(struct sysinfo *info); DESCRIPTION
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 */
};
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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 */
};
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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.
For an example of its use, see
intro(2).
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
Tag | Description |
EFAULT |
pointer to struct sysinfo is invalid
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CONFORMING TO
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.
SEE ALSO
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