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.\" @(#)getrusage.2 6.6 (Berkeley) %G%
getrusage \- get information about resource utilization
#include <sys/resource.h>
.ta \w'#define 'u +\w'RUSAGE_CHILDREN 'u +\w'-1 'u
#define RUSAGE_SELF 0 /* calling process */
#define RUSAGE_CHILDREN -1 /* terminated child processes */
returns information describing the resources utilized by the current
process, or all its terminated child processes.
parameter is one of RUSAGE_SELF or RUSAGE_CHILDREN.
points will be filled in with
.ta \w'struct 'u +\w'struct 'u +3u*\w'struct 'u
struct timeval ru_utime; /* user time used */
struct timeval ru_stime; /* system time used */
int ru_ixrss; /* integral shared text memory size */
int ru_idrss; /* integral unshared data size */
int ru_isrss; /* integral unshared stack size */
int ru_minflt; /* page reclaims */
int ru_majflt; /* page faults */
int ru_nswap; /* swaps */
int ru_inblock; /* block input operations */
int ru_oublock; /* block output operations */
int ru_msgsnd; /* messages sent */
int ru_msgrcv; /* messages received */
int ru_nsignals; /* signals received */
int ru_nvcsw; /* voluntary context switches */
int ru_nivcsw; /* involuntary context switches */
The fields are interpreted as follows:
the total amount of time spent executing in user mode.
the total amount of time spent in the system executing on behalf
the maximum resident set size utilized (in kilobytes).
an \*(lqintegral\*(rq value indicating the amount of memory used
that was also shared among other processes. This value is expressed
in units of kilobytes * ticks-of-execution.
an integral value of the amount of unshared memory residing in the
data segment of a process (expressed in units of
kilobytes * ticks-of-execution).
an integral value of the amount of unshared memory residing in the
stack segment of a process (expressed in units of
kilobytes * ticks-of-execution).
the number of page faults serviced without any I/O activity; here
I/O activity is avoided by \*(lqreclaiming\*(rq a page frame from
the list of pages awaiting reallocation.
the number of page faults serviced that required I/O activity.
the number of times a process was \*(lqswapped\*(rq out of main
the number of times the file system had to perform input.
the number of times the file system had to perform output.
the number of IPC messages sent.
the number of IPC messages received.
the number of signals delivered.
the number of times a context switch resulted due to a process
voluntarily giving up the processor before its time slice was
completed (usually to await availability of a resource).
the number of times a context switch resulted due to a higher
priority process becoming runnable or because the current process
I/O; data supplied by the caching mechanism is charged only
to the first process to read or write the data.
parameter is not a valid value.
The address specified by the
parameter is not in a valid part of the process address space.
There is no way to obtain information about a child process
that has not yet terminated.