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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2001-02-11 19:41:01 +0000
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@@ -1353,7 +1353,8 @@ information about the physical memory the system has. The call
sysconf (_SC_PHYS_PAGES)
@end smallexample
-@noindent returns the total number of page of physical the system has.
+@noindent
+returns the total number of pages of physical the system has.
This does not mean all this memory is available. This information can
be found using
@@ -1371,6 +1372,31 @@ increases its memory usage). The value returned for
If all applications together constantly use more than that amount of
memory the system is in trouble.
+The GNU C library provides in addition to these already described way to
+get this information two functions. They are declared in the file
+@file{sys/sysinfo.h}. Programmers should prefer to use the
+@code{sysconf} method described above.
+
+@comment sys/sysinfo.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun long int get_phys_pages (void)
+The @code{get_phys_pages} function returns the total number of pages of
+physical the system has. To get the amount of memory this number has to
+be multiplied by the page size.
+
+This function is a GNU extension.
+@end deftypefun
+
+@comment sys/sysinfo.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun long int get_avphys_pages (void)
+The @code{get_phys_pages} function returns the number of available pages of
+physical the system has. To get the amount of memory this number has to
+be multiplied by the page size.
+
+This function is a GNU extension.
+@end deftypefun
+
@node Processor Resources
@section Learn about the processors available
@@ -1402,6 +1428,27 @@ processors and so the call
returns the number of processors which are currently inline (i.e.,
available).
+For these two pieces of information the GNU C library also provides
+functions to get the information directly. The functions are declared
+in @file{sys/sysinfo.h}.
+
+@comment sys/sysinfo.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun int get_nprocs_conf (void)
+The @code{get_nprocs_conf} function returns the number of processors the
+operating system configured.
+
+This function is a GNU extension.
+@end deftypefun
+
+@comment sys/sysinfo.h
+@comment GNU
+@deftypefun int get_nprocs (void)
+The @code{get_nprocs} function returns the number of available processors.
+
+This function is a GNU extension.
+@end deftypefun
+
@cindex load average
Before starting more threads it should be checked whether the processors
are not already overused. Unix systems calculate something called the