get_phys_pages(3) Linux Man Page

Name

get_phys_pages, get_avphys_pages - get total and available physical page counts

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

"#include <sys/sysinfo.h>" 
long get_phys_pages(void); 
long get_avphys_pages(void);

Description

The function get_phys_pages() returns the total number of physical pages of memory available on the system.

The function get_avphys_pages() returns the number of currently available physical pages of memory on the system.

Return Value

On success, these functions return a nonnegative value as given in DESCRIPTION. On failure, they return -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

Errors

ENOSYS The system could not provide the required information (possibly because the /proc filesystem was not mounted).

Standards

GNU.

History

Before glibc 2.23, these functions obtained the required information by scanning the MemTotal and MemFree fields of /proc/meminfo. Since glibc 2.23, these functions obtain the required information by calling sysinfo(2).

Notes

The following sysconf(3) calls provide a portable means of obtaining the same information as the functions described on this page.

total_pages = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);    /* total pages */
avl_pages = sysconf(_SC_AVPHYS_PAGES);    /* available pages */

Examples

The following example shows how get_phys_pages() and get_avphys_pages() can be used.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>

int
main(void)
{
    printf("This system has %ld pages of physical memory and "
            "%ld pages of physical memory available.\en",
            get_phys_pages(), get_avphys_pages());
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

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