[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #20468: Remove incorrect information about maxrss and page size

Tue Nov 17 17:43:20 EST 2015

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/58d017d70563
changeset: 99195:58d017d70563
branch: 2.7
parent: 99180:fa4f0096b719
user: Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com>
date: Tue Nov 17 22:13:47 2015 +0000
summary:
 Issue #20468: Remove incorrect information about maxrss and page size
Extract of patch by Ronald Oussoren.
files:
 Doc/library/resource.rst | 5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/resource.rst b/Doc/library/resource.rst
--- a/Doc/library/resource.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/resource.rst
@@ -223,10 +223,7 @@
 .. function:: getpagesize()
 
 Returns the number of bytes in a system page. (This need not be the same as the
- hardware page size.) This function is useful for determining the number of bytes
- of memory a process is using. The third element of the tuple returned by
- :func:`getrusage` describes memory usage in pages; multiplying by page size
- produces number of bytes.
+ hardware page size.)
 
 The following :const:`RUSAGE_\*` symbols are passed to the :func:`getrusage`
 function to specify which processes information should be provided for.
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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
