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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 2dfb1108..5b21d224 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -1064,18 +1064,20 @@ Process class .. method:: memory_addrspace_info() This method passes through the whole process address space in order to - calculate highly reliable metrics about "real" process memory consumption. + calculate highly reliable metrics about "effective" process memory + consumption. It usually requires higher privileges and is considerably slower than :meth:`memory_info`. - **uss**: (Linux, Windows, OSX) aka "Unique Set Size", this is the memory - which is unique to a process and which would be freed if the process was terminated right now. + which is unique to a process and which would be freed if the process was + terminated right now. - **pss**: (Linux) aka "Proportional Set Size", is the amount of memory shared with other processes, accounted in a way that the amount is divided evenly between the processes that share it. - I.e. if a process has 10 MBs all to itself, and 10 MBs shared with - another process, its PSS will be 15 MBs. + I.e. if a process has 10 MBs all to itself and 10 MBs shared with + another process its PSS will be 15 MBs. - **swap**: (Linux) amount memory that has been swapped out to disk. @@ -1104,7 +1106,7 @@ Process class *memtype* argument is a string that dictates what type of process memory you want to compare against. You can choose between the namedtuple field names returned by :meth:`memory_info` and :meth:`memory_addrspace_info` - (defaults to *"rss"*). + (defaults to ``"rss"``). .. versionchanged:: 3.5.0 added `memtype` parameter. |