memory

Documentation

Overview

Package memory provides a single method reporting total system memory accessible to the kernel.

Index

• func FreeMemory() uint64
• func TotalMemory() uint64

Functions

func FreeMemory

func FreeMemory() uint64

FreeMemory returns the total free system memory in bytes.

The total free memory is installed physical memory size minus reserved areas for other applications running on the same system.

If free memory size could not be determined, then 0 is returned.

func TotalMemory

func TotalMemory() uint64

TotalMemory returns the total accessible system memory in bytes.

The total accessible memory is installed physical memory size minus reserved areas for the kernel and hardware, if such reservations are reported by the operating system.

If accessible memory size could not be determined, then 0 is returned.