Incorrect memory readings when run inside OpenVZ container

[Prashanth Ellina]

root@server:~# free
total used free shared buffers
cached
Mem: 3145728 625004 2520724 0
0 0
-/+ buffers/cache: 625004 2520724
Swap: 0 0 0


>>> psutil.phymem_usage()
usage(total=8343113728L, used=7989563392L, free=353550336L,
percent=91.1)
>>> psutil.TOTAL_PHYMEM
8343113728L


How can I fix this?

[Giampaolo Rodolà]

Il 10 gennaio 2012 07:53, Prashanth Ellina <prashan...@gmail.com>
ha scritto:

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Please try this and paste the output:

import psutil, o/'s
mem = psutil.phymem_usage()
print "psutil: total=%s used=%s free=%s\n" % (mem.total / 1048576,
mem.used / 1048576,
mem.free / 1048576)
os.system('free -m')

We had a similar issue which is supposed to be fixed now (0.4.1 version):
http://code.google.com/p/psutil/issues/detail?id=232

Also, what platform are you using? 32 or 64 bit? What psutil version?

Regards,

G.