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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index fdeb5b33349f..ffcd49589ab5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:
VmLck: 0 kB
VmHWM: 476 kB
VmRSS: 476 kB
+ RssAnon: 352 kB
+ RssFile: 120 kB
+ RssShmem: 4 kB
VmData: 156 kB
VmStk: 88 kB
VmExe: 68 kB
@@ -231,7 +234,12 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the status files (as of 4.1)
VmSize total program size
VmLck locked memory size
VmHWM peak resident set size ("high water mark")
- VmRSS size of memory portions
+ VmRSS size of memory portions. It contains the three
+ following parts (VmRSS = RssAnon + RssFile + RssShmem)
+ RssAnon size of resident anonymous memory
+ RssFile size of resident file mappings
+ RssShmem size of resident shmem memory (includes SysV shm,
+ mapping of tmpfs and shared anonymous mappings)
VmData size of data, stack, and text segments
VmStk size of data, stack, and text segments
VmExe size of text segment
@@ -266,7 +274,8 @@ Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3)
Field Content
size total program size (pages) (same as VmSize in status)
resident size of memory portions (pages) (same as VmRSS in status)
- shared number of pages that are shared (i.e. backed by a file)
+ shared number of pages that are shared (i.e. backed by a file, same
+ as RssFile+RssShmem in status)
trs number of pages that are 'code' (not including libs; broken,
includes data segment)
lrs number of pages of library (always 0 on 2.6)