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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of GET_PHYS_PAGES</TITLE>
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<H1>GET_PHYS_PAGES</H1>
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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2019-03-06<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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get_phys_pages, get_avphys_pages - get total and available physical
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page counts
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<PRE>
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<B>#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/sysinfo.h">sys/sysinfo.h</A>></B>
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<B>long int get_phys_pages(void);</B>
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<B>long int get_avphys_pages(void);</B>
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</PRE>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The function
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<B>get_phys_pages</B>()
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returns the total number of physical pages of memory available on the system.
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<P>
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The function
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<B>get_avphys_pages</B>()
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returns the number of currently available physical pages of memory on the
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system.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
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On success,
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these functions return a nonnegative value as given in DESCRIPTION.
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On failure, they return -1 and set
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<I>errno</I>
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to indicate the cause of the error.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>ENOSYS</B>
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<DD>
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The system could not provide the required information
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(possibly because the
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<I>/proc</I>
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filesystem was not mounted).
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
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These functions are GNU extensions.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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These functions obtain the required information by scanning the
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<I>MemTotal</I>
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and
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<I>MemFree</I>
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fields of
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<I>/proc/meminfo</I>.
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<P>
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The following
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sysconf">sysconf</A></B>(3)
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calls provide a portable means of obtaining the same information as the
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functions described on this page.
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<P>
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total_pages = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES); /* total pages */
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avl_pages = sysconf(_SC_AVPHYS_PAGES); /* available pages */
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>EXAMPLE</H2>
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The following example shows how
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<B>get_phys_pages</B>()
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and
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<B>get_avphys_pages</B>()
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can be used.
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<P>
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#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/stdio.h">stdio.h</A>>
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#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/stdlib.h">stdlib.h</A>>
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#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/sysinfo.h">sys/sysinfo.h</A>>
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<P>
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int
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main(int argc, char *argv[])
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{
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<BR> printf("This system has %ld pages of physical memory and "
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<BR> "%ld pages of physical memory available.\n",
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<BR> get_phys_pages(), get_avphys_pages());
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<BR> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
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}
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<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sysconf">sysconf</A></B>(3)
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<A NAME="lbAK"> </A>
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux
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<I>man-pages</I>
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project.
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A description of the project,
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information about reporting bugs,
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and the latest version of this page,
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can be found at
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<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.</A>
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAI">EXAMPLE</A><DD>
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<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAK">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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</DL>
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