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Bug 93679 - should distinguish swap used for disk cache
should distinguish swap used for disk cache
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: multiload
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-09-19 16:19 UTC by Christian Marillat
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Christian Marillat 2002-09-19 16:19:26 UTC
Hi,

The cpumemusage applet does not distinguish between swap that is used
for disk cache and swap that is used for application allocation.

It would be really nice if it did so.  If I see a full swap I currently
have no idea whether I'm in trouble because the swap is all application
allocation.

I believe this is possible - top seems to have the necessary statistics
although gtop doesn't.
Comment 1 Kjartan Maraas 2002-10-22 23:55:08 UTC
Hmm. The cpumemusage applet was never ported to 2.x.
Comment 2 Christian Marillat 2002-10-23 07:53:52 UTC
then why this applet is in the components list ?
Comment 3 Kjartan Maraas 2002-10-24 14:59:12 UTC
Because gnome-applets product handles both 1.x and 2.x bugs? Is it
really a report for the multiload applet?
Comment 4 Christian Marillat 2002-10-24 15:05:36 UTC
yes, of course
Comment 5 Dennis Smit 2004-06-18 01:48:04 UTC
I don't think this is supported within libgtop and I don't think that there
is much need for this feature anyway.

Closing as WONTFIX, if anyone feels otherwise please reopen.
Comment 6 Marc Dequènes 2004-12-12 00:51:36 UTC
The part of cache in memory is reported, so why not the disk cache part ?
Seeing the real use of swap and if swap is too small because of too much disk op
or too much app launched or too consuming apps would be nice.
If the reply is "use vmstat -m and stop disturbing us" then the whole multiload
applet can be removed.

Until non-gnome-devel are granted reopen right, i can only ask a friend to do so.
Comment 7 Danielle Madeley 2004-12-12 04:55:42 UTC
Please file a bug with libgtop. After that I will happily review a patch to
multiload.