cgroupfs
Like lxcfs https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs, cgroupfs provides an emulated /proc/meminfo, /proc/cpuinfo... for containers.
build
make
Usage
container_id=`docker create -v /tmp/cgroupfs/meminfo:/proc/meminfo -m=15m ubuntu sleep 213133`
## In the second console tab
mkdir /tmp/cgroupfs
./cgroupfs /tmp/cgroupfs /docker/$container_id
## Go to the first tab
docker start $container_id
## Take a look at /tmp/cgroupfs/meminfo now
## cgroupfs file system should be able to show the memory usage of the container
root@linux-dev:/home/vagrant# cat /tmp/cgroupfs/meminfo
MemTotal: 15360 kB
MemFree: 13432 kB
MemAvailable: 13432 kB
Buffers: 0 kB
Cached: 1804 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
## Enter docker container, you should see free is showing the real usage
docker exec -it $container_id bash
root@251d4d18bca6:/# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 15 2 12 0 0 1
-/+ buffers/cache: 0 14
Swap: 0 0 0
FAQ
1. fusermount: exec: "fusermount": executable file not found in $PATH
You should install fuse
On debian/ubuntu
sudo apt-get install fuse
2. meminfo file cannot be mounted because it is located inside "/proc"
You should update docker to 1.11+ or patch the related changes https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/452, https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/560
See related issues https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/400