[erlang-questions] GC trace data

[Igor Ribeiro Sucupira]

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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Jachym Holecek
<jachym.holecek@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I'm using 'erlang:trace(Pid, true, [garbage_collection])' to benchmark
>  process memory usage and I'm not sure about the exact meaning of data
>  delivered with gc_start/gc_end events. Here's list of keys and how I
>  understand them:
>
>        heap_block_size - Total heap size.
>              heap_size - Size of used part of the heap.
>              mbuf_size - Size of messages queued in process mailbox.
>    old_heap_block_size - ??
>          old_heap_size - ??
>            recent_size - ??
>             stack_size - Current stack size.
>
>  Does it sound sensible? Can someone help me fill in the blanks?
>
>  What I really care about is: 1. stack size (got that), 2. mailbox
>  size (got that), 3. size of used part of heap (could be 'heap_size'
>  or 'heap_size + old_heap_size' or something completely different?).
>
>  I'm running R11B in case it makes any difference.
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>          -- Jachym