GET_PHYS_PAGES(3)

NAME
get_phys_pages, get_avphys_pages - get total and available physical page counts

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>

long int get_phys_pages(void);
long int get_avphys_pages(void);

DESCRIPTION
The function get_phys_pages() returns the total number of physical pages of memory available on the system.

The function get_avphys_pages() returns the number of currently available physical pages of memory on the system.

RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return a nonnegative value as given in DESCRIPTION. On failure, they return -1 and set errno to indicate the cause of the error.

ERRORS

ENOSYS
    The system could not provide the required information (possibly because the /proc filesystem was not mounted).

CONFORMING TO
These functions are GNU extensions.

NOTES
These functions obtain the required information by scanning the MemTotal and MemFree fields of /proc/meminfo.

The following sysconf(3) calls provide a portable means of obtaining the same information as the functions described on this page.

    total_pages = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);    /* total pages */
    avl_pages = sysconf(_SC_AVPHYS_PAGES);    /* available pages */

EXAMPLE
The following example shows how get_phys_pages() and get_avphys_pages() can be used.

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <sys/sysinfo.h>

    int
    main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        printf("This system has %ld pages of physical memory and "
                "%ld pages of physical memory available.\n",
                get_phys_pages(), get_avphys_pages());
        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
    }

SEE ALSO
sysconf(3)

COLOPHON
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