I'm trying to debug a nasty memory leak, and to get memory stats in my debug output I'm directly accessing /proc/self/statm to get the information I need. However the location of the leak appears to move about, so I'm beginning to wonder if /proc/self/statm is real time or not? Kernel version: 2.2.14 (-15mdksecure - i.e. stock Linux-Mandrake kernel) [please CC any replies] -- <Matt/> Fastnet Software Ltd. High Performance Web Specialists Providing mod_perl, XML, Sybase and Oracle solutions Email for training and consultancy availability. http://sergeant.org | AxKit: http://axkit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/