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  1. #TIL #cgroups' memory.current metric includes any #pagecache entries that a process in the #cgroup caused to be inserted, even if other processes are accessing it too.

    This means that anything related to #systemd unit's memory accounting also inherits this property.

    If your #emacs systemd unit reports insane memory usage (usually ~10G for me), this is why.
    It's actually not emacs' fault for once ;)

    #linux #kernel #MemoryAccounting