[Bug 1618715] [NEW] individual task display changes memory units between RES and VIRT columns

[Seth Arnold]

Public bug reported:

Hello; I have a process that uses enough memory that the 'RES' column
picks an unfortunate display mode:

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t   3060 S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
                               ^^^^^^

Rather than display as "11.xxxg", similar to the VIRT column, the RES
column has chosen to be displayed with the next-higher multiplier unit.
This is needlessly confusing.

Hitting the 'e' key doesn't fix this:

kb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t   3060 S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
mb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t   3.0m S   1.3  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
gb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t 0.003g S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
tb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0  0.035t 0.011t 0.000t S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
pb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0  0.000p 0.000p 0.000p S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86

While the tb and pt lines are at least consistent it is a shame that this
display mode is not useful for the other processes on my system.

Thanks

** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  individual task display changes memory units between RES and VIRT
  columns

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello; I have a process that uses enough memory that the 'RES' column
  picks an unfortunate display mode:

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
  11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t   3060 S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
                                 ^^^^^^

  Rather than display as "11.xxxg", similar to the VIRT column, the RES
  column has chosen to be displayed with the next-higher multiplier
  unit. This is needlessly confusing.

  Hitting the 'e' key doesn't fix this:

  kb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t   3060 S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
  mb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t   3.0m S   1.3  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
  gb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0 36.080g 0.011t 0.003g S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
  tb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0  0.035t 0.011t 0.000t S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86
  pb: 11279 libvirt+  20   0  0.000p 0.000p 0.000p S   0.0  8.8  76036:51 qemu-system-x86

  While the tb and pt lines are at least consistent it is a shame that this
  display mode is not useful for the other processes on my system.

  Thanks

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