New line in top RH9

[Huc_1]

An other question posted in this forum about ipcl and buffer got me looking at the command top in a RH9 linux I found out that this now has a new line like.

" 80876k actv, 304k in_d, 1928k in_c"

Does anybody knows what the in_d and in_c" stand for ? I think I can figure out what actv means .., but then perhaps I am jumping to conclutions

I look up the man but did not find it in there.

Any pointer(s) to more helfull doc(s) or explanation(s) will trigger hand full of points and many warm thanks

Jean-Pierre

[Jerome Henry · Accepted solution]

It stands for C register and D register... refering to the space of memory where tasks are stored...

Go there find detailled explanations :

http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/KernelAnalysis-HOWTO-7.html

And the full stuff from the beginning :
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/KernelAnalysis-HOWTO.html#toc7

hth

J

[Huc_1]

merci, Jerome

That should keep me occupied for a while !, probably do me good !
learning curve are sometimes hard but a littel knowleged rarely kills any one, could even reach an other level of understanding.

Thank from the vry few neurone(s) I have left.

Jean-Pierre

[Jerome Henry]

De rien Jean Pierre !

The first time I read this, I thought that all parts were about the very same subject !...

If you are interested in this kind of subject, I found a very interesting site :

http://www.tldp.org/guides.html

Some are oudated, but there are still headaches to get from there too (bring some cofee)...

Tx fr yr points ! Plz 0 this one...

:]

J

[Huc_1]

Dont worry plenty coffee in stock, in fact just finished printing pdf version of KernelAnalysis-HOW TO and good links are always welcome ! here.

I will try and take one document at a time, I tend to try run to many horses at the same time and my swap in swap out contex switching routine are surely less efficient the the one's I am about to read.

merci encore.

Jean-Pierre

[Huc_1]

I am still at it, most coffee is gone

but the more I read more questions I have ?

Is it realy worth-it ?

I found theses links worth the bookmark and follow-up .

So I Put then here, for any person interested by Linux kernel internals

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/books.php3

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/links/

http://jungla.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html

Jean-Pierre

[Jerome Henry]

Merci for the links Jean Pierre ! I'll have a look too (got to get myself java too !)

J

[Ahmon Dancy]

in_c stands for "inactive, clean" and in_d stands for "inactive, dirty".