What does 'anon_hugepage (deleted)' mean in pmap output?

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Issue

What does 'anon_hugepage (deleted)' mean in pmap output?

# pmap 9999
9999:   /usr/bin/a-program
[snip]
00007f4262a00000 8562688K rw-s- anon_hugepage (deleted)
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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • pmap

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