How to check memory footprint in embedded linux

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Thursday 06 March 2008 14:13, asif kaleem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need some information that how to check the physical and virtual memory
> footprint consumed by a certain application in embedded linux.

If you mean "I have a running process and want to know
how much it eats now",
then busybox's top can be useful. Press 's' there and you
will see expanded information about memory usage.
Basically, it is a processed data from /proc/PID/maps.
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