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numastat(8)                     Administration                     numastat(8)

numastat
       numastat  -  Show per-NUMA-node memory statistics for processes and the
       operating system

SYNTAX
       numastat

       numastat [-V]

       numastat [<PID>|<pattern>...]

       numastat [-c] [-m] [-n] [-p  <PID>|<pattern>]  [-s[<node>]]  [-v]  [-z]
       [<PID>|<pattern>...]

DESCRIPTION
       numastat with no command options or arguments at all, displays per-node
       NUMA hit and miss system statistics from the kernel  memory  allocator.
       This default numastat behavior is strictly compatible with the previous
       long-standing numastat perl script, written by Andi Kleen.  The default
       numastat  statistics  shows per-node numbers (in units of pages of mem-
       ory) in these categories:

       numa_hit is memory successfully allocated on this node as intended.

       numa_miss is memory allocated on this node despite the process  prefer-
       ring  some different node. Each numa_miss has a numa_foreign on another
       node.

       numa_foreign is memory intended for this node, but  actually  allocated
       on some different node.  Each
        .I numa_foreign has a
        .I numa_miss
         on another node.

       interleave_hit  is  interleaved  memory  successfully allocated on this
       node as intended.

       interleave_hit is the number of interleave policy allocations that were
       intended for a specific node and succeeded there.

       local_node is memory allocated on this node while a process was running
       on it.

       other_node is memory allocated on this node while a process was running
       on some other node.

       Any  supplied  options or arguments with the numastat command will sig-
       nificantly change both the content  and  the  format  of  the  display.
       Specified  options  will  cause display units to change to megabytes of
       memory, and  will  change  other  specific  behaviors  of  numastat  as
       described below.

OPTIONS
       -c     Minimize  table  display  width  by dynamically shrinking column
              widths based on data contents.  With  this  option,  amounts  of
              memory  will be rounded to the nearest megabyte (rather than the
              usual display with two decimal places).  Column width and inter-
              column  spacing will be somewhat unpredictable with this option,
              but the more dense display will be very useful on  systems  with
              many NUMA nodes.

       -m     Show  the  meminfo-like  system-wide  memory  usage information.
              This option produces a per-node breakdown of memory usage infor-
              mation similar to that found in /proc/meminfo.

       -n     Show  the original numastat statistics info.  This will show the
              same information as the default numastat behavior but the  units
              will  be megabytes of memory, and there will be other formatting
              and layout changes versus the original numastat behavior.

       -p <PID> or <pattern>
              Show per-node memory allocation information  for  the  specified
              PID  or  pattern.   If  the  -p  argument  is only digits, it is
              assumed to be a numerical PID.  If the argument  characters  are
              not  only digits, it is assumed to be a text fragment pattern to
              search for in process command lines.  For example,  numastat  -p
              qemu  will  attempt  to  find and show information for processes
              with "qemu" in the command line.   Any  command  line  arguments
              remaining  after  numastat  option flag processing is completed,
              are assumed to be additional <PID> or <pattern>  process  speci-
              fiers.   In this sense, the -p option flag is optional: numastat
              qemu is equivalent to numastat -p qemu

       -s[<node>]
              Sort the table data in descending order before displaying it, so
              the  biggest  memory consumers are listed first.  With no speci-
              fied <node>, the table will be sorted by the total  column.   If
              the  optional  <node>  argument  is  supplied,  the data will be
              sorted by the <node> column.  Note that <node> must  follow  the
              -s  immediately with no intermediate white space (e.g., numastat
              -s2).

       -v     Make some reports more verbose.  In particular, process informa-
              tion  for  multiple  processes will display detailed information
              for each process.  Normally when per-node information for multi-
              ple processes is displayed, only the total lines are shown.

       -V     Display numastat version information and exit.

       -z     Skip  display  of  table  rows and columns of only zero valuess.
              This can be used to greatly reduce the amount  of  uninteresting
              zero  data on systems with many NUMA nodes.  Note that when rows
              or columns of zeros are still displayed with this  option,  that
              probably  means there is at least one value in the row or column
              that is actually non-zero, but rounded to zero for display.

NOTES
       numastat attempts to fold each table display so it will be conveniently
       readable on the output terminal.  Normally a terminal width of 80 char-
       acters is assumed.  When the  resize  command  is  available,  numastat
       attempts  to  dynamically  determine and fine tune the output tty width
       from resize output.  If numastat output is not to a tty, very long out-
       put  lines  can  be  produced,  depending  on  how  many NUMA nodes are
       present.  In all cases, output width can be  explicitly  specified  via
       the   NUMASTAT_WIDTH   environment   variable.    For  example,  NUMAS-
       TAT_WIDTH=100  numastat.  On systems with many NUMA nodes, numastat  -c
       -z  ....  can  be very helpful to selectively reduce the amount of dis-
       played information.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       NUMASTAT_WIDTH

FILES
       /proc/*/numa_maps
       /sys/devices/system/node/node*/meminfo
       /sys/devices/system/node/node*/numastat

EXAMPLES
       numastat -c -z -m -n
       numastat -czs libvirt kvm qemu
       watch -n1 numastat
       watch -n1 --differences=cumulative numastat

AUTHORS
       The original numastat perl script was written circa 2003 by Andi  Kleen
       <andi.kleen@intel.com>.   The  current  numastat program was written in
       2012 by Bill Gray <bgray@redhat.com> to be compatible by  default  with
       the  original,  and  to  add  options to display per-node system memory
       usage and per-node process memory allocation.

SEE ALSO
       numactl(8), set_mempolicy(2), numa(3)

Bill Gray                            1.0.0                         numastat(8)

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