sg_get_mem_stats - Man Page

#include <statgrab.h>

sg_mem_stats *sg_get_mem_stats (size_t *entries);

sg_mem_stats *sg_get_mem_stats_r (size_t *entries);

sg_error sg_free_mem_stats (sg_mem_stats *data);

sg_swap_stats *sg_get_swap_stats (size_t *entries);

sg_swap_stats *sg_get_swap_stats_r (size_t *entries);

sg_error sg_free_swap_stats (sg_swap_stats *data);

Memory statistics are accessed through the sg_get_mem_stats() function and the sg_get_mem_stats_r() function. Both return a pointer to a sg_mem_stats buffer. Note that this statistic doesn't need to map the entire physical memory usage, it represents the real memory usable by the operating system.

Memory statistics are accessed through the sg_get_swap_stats() function and the sg_get_swap_stats_r() function. Both return a pointer to a sg_swap_stats buffer.

API Shortcut

The sg_mem_stats buffer received from sg_get_mem_stats_r() and the sg_swap_stats buffer received from sg_get_swap_stats_r() must be freed using sg_free_mem_stats() or the sg_free_swap_stats(), respectively, when not needed any more. The caller is responsible for doing it.

On the FreeBSD operating system elevated privileges are required to access the swap statistics. Making the program setgid kmem should be sufficient. Programs running as root will not have this problem.

The VM system calls can return a pointer to either a sg_mem_stats or a sg_swap_stats.

typedef struct{
        unsigned long long total;
        unsigned long long free;
        unsigned long long used;
        unsigned long long cache;
        time_t systime;
} sg_mem_stats;

total

The total amount of real memory in bytes.

free

The free amount of real memory in bytes.

used

The used amount of real memory in bytes.

cache

The amount of real memory in bytes used for caching.

systime

the timestamp when the above stats where collected in seconds since epoch

typedef struct {
        unsigned long long total;
        unsigned long long used;
        unsigned long long free;
        time_t systime;
} sg_swap_stats;

total

The total swap space in bytes.

used

The used swap in bytes.

free

The free swap in bytes.

systime

The timestamp when the above stats where collected in seconds since epoch

Add a function to hold open the file descriptor to the kernel memory structures. Doing this would allow the elevated privileges to be dropped early on.

statgrab(3)

⟨https://libstatgrab.org/⟩

sg_intro(3), statgrab(3).

The man pages sg_free_mem_stats(3), sg_free_swap_stats(3), sg_get_mem_stats_r(3), sg_get_swap_stats(3) and sg_get_swap_stats_r(3) are aliases of sg_get_mem_stats(3).