Mislabeled Column In dm_os_sys_memory

Lonny Niederstadt points out that the definition of a column in the sys.dm_os_sys_memory DMV is incorrect:

Based on the column names and values above, seems natural to think:
total_page_file_kb – available_page_file_kb = used page file kb
11027476 kb – 3047668 kb = 7979808 kb

Holy cow! Is my laptop using nearly as much paging space as there is RAM on the laptop??
Weird. If something forced that much paging space use relative to RAM on the laptop… I certainly wouldn’t expect system_memory_state_desc = ‘Available physical memory is high’!!

Read on for an explanation of what the columns actually mean.