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-rw-r--r--procps/free.c28
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/procps/free.c b/procps/free.c
index 473d70be8..db70712cf 100644
--- a/procps/free.c
+++ b/procps/free.c
@@ -53,29 +53,41 @@ int free_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv IF_NOT_DESKTOP(UNUSED_PARAM))
info.bufferram *= mem_unit;
}
- printf(" %13s%13s%13s%13s%13s\n",
+ printf(" %13s%13s%13s%13s%13s\n",
"total",
"used",
"free",
"shared", "buffers" /* swap and total don't have these columns */
+ /* procps version 3.2.8 also shows "cached" column, but
+ * sysinfo() does not provide this value, need to parse
+ * /proc/meminfo instead and get "Cached: NNN kB" from there.
+ */
);
- printf("%6s%13lu%13lu%13lu%13lu%13lu\n", "Mem:",
+#define FIELDS_5 "%13lu%13lu%13lu%13lu%13lu\n"
+#define FIELDS_3 (FIELDS_5 + 2*5)
+#define FIELDS_2 (FIELDS_5 + 3*5)
+ printf("Mem: ");
+ printf(FIELDS_5,
info.totalram,
info.totalram - info.freeram,
info.freeram,
info.sharedram, info.bufferram
);
+ /* Show alternate, more meaningful busy/free numbers by counting
+ * buffer cache as free memory (make it "-/+ buffers/cache"
+ * if/when we add support for "cached" column): */
+ printf("-/+ buffers: ");
+ printf(FIELDS_2,
+ info.totalram - info.freeram - info.bufferram,
+ info.freeram + info.bufferram
+ );
#if BB_MMU
- printf("%6s%13lu%13lu%13lu\n", "Swap:",
+ printf("Swap:");
+ printf(FIELDS_3,
info.totalswap,
info.totalswap - info.freeswap,
info.freeswap
);
- printf("%6s%13lu%13lu%13lu\n", "Total:",
- info.totalram + info.totalswap,
- (info.totalram - info.freeram) + (info.totalswap - info.freeswap),
- info.freeram + info.freeswap
- );
#endif
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}