# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*- """ Copied from the Python Cookbook recipe at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/286222 To find the memory usage in a particular section of code these functions are typically used as follows:: m0 = memory() ... m1 = memory(m0) """ import os _proc_status = '/proc/%d/status' % os.getpid() _scale = {'kB': 1024.0, 'mB': 1024.0*1024.0, 'KB': 1024.0, 'MB': 1024.0*1024.0} def _VmB (VmKey): """Parse /proc//status file for given key. @return: requested number value of status entry @rtype: float """ if os.name != 'posix': # not supported return 0.0 global _proc_status, _scale # get pseudo file /proc//status try: t = open(_proc_status) v = t.read() t.close() except IOError: # unsupported platform (non-Linux?) return 0.0 # get VmKey line e.g. 'VmRSS: 9999 kB\n ...' i = v.index(VmKey) v = v[i:].split(None, 3) # whitespace if len(v) < 3: return 0.0 # invalid format? # convert Vm value to bytes return float(v[1]) * _scale[v[2]] def memory (since=0.0): """Get memory usage. @return: memory usage in bytes @rtype: float """ return _VmB('VmSize:') - since def resident (since=0.0): """Get resident memory usage. @return: resident memory usage in bytes @rtype: float """ return _VmB('VmRSS:') - since def stacksize (since=0.0): """Get stack size. @return: stack size in bytes @rtype: float """ return _VmB('VmStk:') - since