[systemd-devel] [RFE] distinguish reclaimable memory in `systemctl status` output

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mo, 28.09.20 14:29, Vito Caputo (vcaputo at pengaru.com) wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Inspired by recent, unnecessarily combative discussion on the list, I
> thought I'd try restart this conversation anew:
>
> Is it possible to either add a reclaimable field the total memory line
> of `systemctl status` output?
>
> Or perhaps a separate line like Memory-Reclaimable: ?
>
> Is additional kernel memcg support required to make this possible?
> (I admittedly haven't made any effort to explore implementation yet)

We can expose what the kernel provides us with. If the kernel already
exposes this, we can certainly expose this as dbus property too. Plese
file an RFE issue on github about that if so.

Lennart

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