Consumed memory per process

Question

How can I get the current total allocated memory so far (in a Linux process in C/C++ (gcc))?

Within your own program? Or outside (then maybe using `htop` or similar tools)? — phimuemue, Jun 05 '12 at 19:40

Robᵩ · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-05T19:43:45.013

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Try parsing /proc/self/maps or /proc/$PID/maps . Look for a line marked [heap].

edited Jun 05 '12 at 19:43

answered Jun 05 '12 at 19:37

Robᵩ

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '12 at 19:47

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I like Rob's answer, but here's a possible alternative. If you can afford the run time cost, you can use valgrind with the massif tool.

answered Jun 05 '12 at 19:47

Alex Lockwood

Thank you, but I need a runtime checking from my own program. – Cartesius00 Jun 05 '12 at 20:02

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