Function GetMachineMemoryCapacity

lib/machine/machine.go:175–186

GetMachineMemoryCapacity returns the machine's total memory from /proc/meminfo. Returns the total memory capacity as an uint64 (number of bytes).

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// GetMachineMemoryCapacity returns the machine's total memory from /proc/meminfo.
// Returns the total memory capacity as an uint64 (number of bytes).
func GetMachineMemoryCapacity() (uint64, error) {
	out, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/meminfo")
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}

	memoryCapacity, err := parseCapacity(out, memoryCapacityRegexp)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}
	return memoryCapacity, err
}

// GetMachineMemoryByType returns information about memory capacity and number of DIMMs.
// Information is retrieved from sysfs edac per-DIMM API (/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/)