This is just a quick note as it took me a while to find. I assumed that vmware_balloon.c would write stats into /proc, like most Linux kernel modules do.
That’s not how vmware roll, however. To find out how much RAM has been claimed by VMWare’s “Balloon” driver from within the guest OS itself, use the vmware-tools command:
# vmware-toolbox-cmd stat balloon 4460 MB
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