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README: adjust VmRSS number, explain RssAnon
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Looks like libc got bigger over the years.

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rfjakob committed Jul 4, 2018
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How much memory does earlyoom use?
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About `0.6MB RSS`. All memory is locked using `mlockall()` to make sure
earlyoom does not slow down in low memory situations.
About `2 MiB` (`VmRSS`), though only `220 kiB` is private memory (`RssAnon`).
The rest is the libc library (`RssFile`) that is shared with other processes.
All memory is locked using `mlockall()` to make sure earlyoom does not slow down in low memory situations.

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