Hi,
> >> if (progress->total) {
> >> unsigned percent = n * 100 / progress->total;
> >> if (percent != progress->last_percent || progress_update) {
> >> + struct mallinfo m = mallinfo();
> >> progress->last_percent = percent;
> >> - fprintf(stderr, "%s: %3u%% (%u/%u)%s%s",
> >> - progress->title, percent, n,
> >> - progress->total, tp, eol);
> >> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: %3u%% (%u/%u) %u/%uMB%s%s",
> >> + progress->title, percent, n, progress->total,
> >> + m.uordblks >> 18, m.fordblks >> 18,
> >> + tp, eol);
> >
> > Note: I didn't know what unit of memory those blocks represents, so the
> > shift is most probably wrong.
> >
>
> Me neither, but it appears to me as if hblkhd holds the actual memory
> consumed by the process. It seems to store the information in bytes,
> which I find a bit dubious unless glibc has some internal multiplier.
mallinfo() will only give you the used memory for the main arena.
When you have separate arenas (likely when concurrent threads have
been used), the only way to get the full picture is to call
malloc_stats(), which prints to stderr.
Regards,
Wolfram.
