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  • thanks @VenkatC, this is insightful, but the memory addresses these files refer in their records are virtual (process space), so I can't see how they overlap. Any way of seeing how they map to physical addresses? Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 17:08
  • @idelvall /proc/kpageflags, see my answer to a related question here which explains some relevant kernel details. Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 17:21
  • @idelvall you can see shared segments with 's' flag in and read more info at kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt on converting virtual to physical. Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 18:40
  • @idelvall also, what are trying exactly trying to find out or what problem are you trying to resolve? Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 18:43
  • @VenkatC i want to know the total amount of RSS of a set of processes Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 20:18