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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst index 82d142de3461..e834779d9611 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst @@ -443,6 +443,15 @@ is not associated with a file: or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. +Starting with 6.11 kernel, /proc/PID/maps provides an alternative +ioctl()-based API that gives ability to flexibly and efficiently query and +filter individual VMAs. This interface is binary and is meant for more +efficient and easy programmatic use. `struct procmap_query`, defined in +linux/fs.h UAPI header, serves as an input/output argument to the +`PROCMAP_QUERY` ioctl() command. See comments in linus/fs.h UAPI header for +details on query semantics, supported flags, data returned, and general API +usage information. + The /proc/PID/smaps is an extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption for each of the process's mappings. For each mapping (aka Virtual Memory Area, or VMA) there is a series of lines such as the following:: |