how to get the memory usage of one process(Linux)

#include <sys/resource.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {

int i = 0;

int totalmem = 0;

struct rusage r_usage;

while (++i <= 10) {

void *m = malloc(20*1024*1024);

memset(m,0,20*1024*1024);

totalmem +=20*1024*1024;

printf("Memory malloc[20MB, %dKB], totalmem=%dB, %dKB, %dMB\n", 20*1024, totalmem, totalmem/1024, totalmem/1024/1024);

getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF,&r_usage);

printf("Memory usage = %ldKB, %ldMB\n",r_usage.ru_maxrss, r_usage.ru_maxrss/1024);

sleep (3);

}

printf("\nAllocated memory, sleeping ten seconds after which we will check again...\n\n");

sleep (10);

getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF,&r_usage);

printf("Memory usage = %ldKB, %ldMB\n",r_usage.ru_maxrss, r_usage.ru_maxrss/1024);

return 0;

}

 

 

g++ test.c -o test

 

./test

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=20971520B, 20480KB, 20MB

Memory usage = 21284KB, 20MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=41943040B, 40960KB, 40MB

Memory usage = 42176KB, 41MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=62914560B, 61440KB, 60MB

Memory usage = 62504KB, 61MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=83886080B, 81920KB, 80MB

Memory usage = 83096KB, 81MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=104857600B, 102400KB, 100MB

Memory usage = 103688KB, 101MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=125829120B, 122880KB, 120MB

Memory usage = 124016KB, 121MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=146800640B, 143360KB, 140MB

Memory usage = 144608KB, 141MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=167772160B, 163840KB, 160MB

Memory usage = 164936KB, 161MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=188743680B, 184320KB, 180MB

Memory usage = 185528KB, 181MB

Memory malloc[20MB, 20480KB], totalmem=209715200B, 204800KB, 200MB

Memory usage = 206120KB, 201MB

 

Allocated memory, sleeping ten seconds after which we will check again...

 

Memory usage = 206120KB, 201MB

 

 

http://appcrawler.com/wordpress/2013/05/13/simple-example-of-tracking-memory-using-getrusage/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1558402/memory-usage-of-current-process-in-c