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1	<	page_stat_t *get_page_stats();
2	<	page_stat_t *get_page_stats_diff();
1	>	Page Statistics
2	>	===============
3
4	+	$Id$
5	+
6	+	Data Structure
7	+	--------------
8	+
9		typedef struct{
10		long long pages_pagein;
11		long long pages_pageout;
12		time_t systime;
13		}page_stat_t;
14
15	<	pages_pagein is the number of pages swapped into memory
16	<	pages_pageout is the number of pages swapped from memory to swap
15	>	pages_pagein    is the number of pages swapped in to memory
16	>	pages_pageout   is the number of pages swapped out of memory (to swap)
17
18	<	get_page_stats() and get_page_stats_diff() both
19	<	return a pointer to a static buffer of type page_stat_t
18	>	Functions
19	>	---------
20
21	<	get_page_stats() will return the number of pages the system
22	<	has paged in and out since bootup. get_page_stats_diff()
18	<	will return the difference since last time it was called.
19	<	If it has not been called before, it will return get_page_stats()
21	>	page_stat_t *get_page_stats();
22	>	page_stat_t *get_page_stats_diff();
23
24	<	BUGS
24	>	get_page_stats() and get_page_stats_diff() both return a pointer
25	>	to a static buffer of type page_stat_t.
26	>
27	>	get_page_stats() will return the number of pages the system has
28	>	paged in and out since bootup. get_page_stats_diff() will return
29	>	the difference since last time it was called.  If it has not been
30	>	called before, it will return get_page_stats().
31	>
32	>	Bugs
33	>	----
34	>
35		Solaris doesn't seem to report accurately. It reports the number
36	<	of pages swapped into memory, not necessarily from swap. This
37	<	feature isn't deamed entirely reliable :)
36	>	of pages swapped into memory, not necessarily from swap. This feature
37	>	isn't deemed entirely reliable :)
38	>
39	>	Example
40	>	-------
41	>
42	>	An example can be found in examples/page_stats.c

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