## 52.88. `pg_shmem_allocations`

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 The `pg_shmem_allocations` view shows allocations made from the server's main shared memory segment. This includes both memory allocated by postgres itself and memory allocated by extensions using the mechanisms detailed in [Section 38.10.10](xfunc-c.html#XFUNC-SHARED-ADDIN).

 Note that this view does not include memory allocated using the dynamic shared memory infrastructure.

**Table 52.89. `pg_shmem_allocations` Columns**

|                                                                                                                                      Column Type<br/><br/> Description                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                    `name` `text`<br/><br/> The name of the shared memory allocation. NULL for unused memory and `<anonymous>` for anonymous allocations.                                                                                    |
|                                                                               `off` `int8`<br/><br/> The offset at which the allocation starts. NULL for anonymous allocations, since details related to them are not known.                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                               `size` `int8`<br/><br/> Size of the allocation                                                                                                                                |
|`allocated_size` `int8`<br/><br/> Size of the allocation including padding. For anonymous allocations, no information about padding is available, so the `size` and `allocated_size` columns will always be equal. Padding is not meaningful for free memory, so the columns will be equal in that case also.|

 Anonymous allocations are allocations that have been made with `ShmemAlloc()` directly, rather than via `ShmemInitStruct()` or `ShmemInitHash()`.

 By default, the `pg_shmem_allocations` view can be read only by superusers.

