-dirty private pages in the mapping. Note that even a page which is part of a
-MAP_SHARED mapping, but has only a single pte mapped, i.e. is currently used
-by only one process, is accounted as private and not as shared. "Referenced"
-indicates the amount of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
+dirty private pages in the mapping.
+
+The "proportional set size" (PSS) of a process is the count of pages it has
+in memory, where each page is divided by the number of processes sharing it.
+So if a process has 1000 pages all to itself, and 1000 shared with one other
+process, its PSS will be 1500.
+Note that even a page which is part of a MAP_SHARED mapping, but has only
+a single pte mapped, i.e. is currently used by only one process, is accounted
+as private and not as shared.
+"Referenced" indicates the amount of memory currently marked as referenced or
+accessed.