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lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
.TH LSMEM 1 "October 2016" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
lsmem \- list the ranges of available memory with their online status
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lsmem
[options]
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBlsmem\fP command lists the ranges of available memory with their online
status. The listed memory blocks correspond to the memory block representation
in sysfs. The command also shows the memory block size and the amount of memory
in online and offline state.
The default output compatible with original implementaion from s390-tools, but
it's strongly recommended to avoid using default outputs in your scripts.
Always explicitly define expected columns by using the \fB\-\-output\fR option
together with a columns list in environments where a stable output is required.
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
Not all columns are supported on all systems. If an unsupported column is
specified, \fBlsmem\fP prints the column but does not provide any data for it.
Use the \fB\-\-help\fR option to see the columns description.
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-a ", " \-\-all
List each individual memory block, instead of combining memory blocks with
similar attributes.
.TP
.BR \-b , " \-\-bytes"
Print the SIZE column in bytes rather than in a human-readable format.
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
Display help text and exit.
.TP
.BR \-J , " \-\-json"
Use JSON output format.
.TP
.BR \-n , " \-\-noheadings"
Do not print a header line.
.TP
.BR \-o , " \-\-output " \fIlist\fP
Specify which output columns to print. Use \fB\-\-help\fR
to get a list of all supported columns.
.TP
.BR \-P , " \-\-pairs"
Produce output in the form of key="value" pairs.
All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\\x<code>).
The default list of columns may be extended if \fIlist\fP is
specified in the format \fB+\fIlist\fP (e.g. \fBlsmem \-o +NODE\fP).
.TP
.BR \-r , " \-\-raw"
Produce output in raw format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped
(\\x<code>).
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
.TP
.BR \-s , " \-\-sysroot " \fIdirectory\fP
Gather memory data for a Linux instance other than the instance from which the
\fBlsmem\fP command is issued. The specified \fIdirectory\fP is the system
root of the Linux instance to be inspected.
.TP
.BR \-V ", " \-\-version
Display version information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-summary\fR[=\fIwhen\fR]
This option controls summary lines output. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP can be
\fBnever\fR, \fBalways\fR or \fBonly\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is
omitted, it defaults to \fB"only"\fR. The summary output is suppresed for
\fB\-\-raw\fR, \fB\-\-pairs\fR and \fB\-\-json\fR.
.SH AUTHOR
.B lsmem
was originally written by Gerald Schaefer for s390-tools in Perl. The C version
for util-linux was written by Clemens von Mann, Heiko Carstens and Karel Zak.
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR chmem (8)
.SH AVAILABILITY
The \fBlsmem\fP command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
lsmem: new tool Move the s390 specific lsmem tool to util-linux. The lsmem tool was originally written in perl and is part of the s390-tools package which can be found here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html Given that the tool is architecture independent, there is no reason to keep it in an s390 specific repository. It seems to be useful for other architectures as well. This patch converts the tool to C and adds it to util-linux, while the command line options stay compatible. The only exception is the option "-v" which used to be the short form of "--version". That got changed to "-V" so it behaves like most other tools contained within util-linux. The lsmem tool inspect the contents of /sys/devices/system/memory and prints a summary output similar to what lscpu does: RANGE SIZE STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK 0x0000000000000000-0x000000005fffffff 1,5G online yes 0-5 0x0000000060000000-0x000000007fffffff 512M online no 6-7 0x0000000080000000-0x000000013fffffff 3G online yes 8-19 0x0000000140000000-0x000000014fffffff 256M offline - 20 0x0000000150000000-0x000000017fffffff 768M online no 21-23 Memory block size : 256M Total online memory : 5,8G Total offline memory: 256M In order to keep the output small the tool merges subsequent address ranges where the attributes are identical. To avoid merging of line the "-a" option can be used. The lsmem tool also has "--extendend" and "--parsable" option which can be used to customize the output, e.g. limit the output to specified columns. This is quite similar to what the lscpu tool does. This is based on a patch from Clemens von Mann. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2016-10-12 14:00:45 +02:00
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