diff --git a/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/memory_stats.rs b/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/memory_stats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ebb45afff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/memory_stats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+//! Page-cache residency probing for memory reporting.
+//!
+//! Prefers Linux `cachestat(2)` (kernel 6.5+), and falls back to the existing
+//! temporary read-only mmap + `mincore` implementation.
+
+use std::io;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
+/// Opens `path` and returns `(disk_bytes, resident_bytes)`.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn probe_memory_stats(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<(u64, u64)> {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+    let disk_bytes = fs_err::metadata(path)?.len();
+    if disk_bytes == 0 {
+        return Ok((0, 0));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    if CACHESTAT_SUPPORTED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+        match probe_via_cachestat(path, disk_bytes) {
+            Ok(resident_bytes) => return Ok((disk_bytes, resident_bytes)),
+            Err(err)
+                if matches!(
+                    err.raw_os_error(),
+                    Some(nix::libc::ENOSYS) | Some(nix::libc::EPERM)
+                ) =>
+            {
+                CACHESTAT_SUPPORTED.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }
+            Err(err) => return Err(err),
+        }
+    }
+
+    let resident_bytes = probe_via_mincore(path)?;
+    Ok((disk_bytes, resident_bytes))
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+static CACHESTAT_SUPPORTED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(true);
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn probe_via_cachestat(path: &Path, disk_bytes: u64) -> io::Result<u64> {
+    use std::os::fd::AsRawFd;
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct CachestatRange {
+        off: u64,
+        len: u64,
+    }
+
+    #[repr(C)]
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct Cachestat {
+        nr_cache: u64,
+        nr_dirty: u64,
+        nr_writeback: u64,
+        nr_evicted: u64,
+        nr_recently_evicted: u64,
+    }
+
+    // cachestat is syscall 451 on Qdrant's supported Linux architectures.
+    // libc 0.2.177 does not expose SYS_cachestat on all of them.
+    const SYS_CACHESTAT: nix::libc::c_long = 451;
+
+    let file = fs_err::File::open(path)?;
+    let range = CachestatRange {
+        off: 0,
+        len: disk_bytes,
+    };
+    let mut stats = Cachestat::default();
+
+    // SAFETY: the two pointers refer to live repr(C) values matching the
+    // cachestat kernel ABI, and `file` remains open for the syscall.
+    let result = unsafe {
+        nix::libc::syscall(
+            SYS_CACHESTAT,
+            file.as_raw_fd(),
+            &range as *const CachestatRange,
+            &mut stats as *mut Cachestat,
+            0u32,
+        )
+    };
+    if result != 0 {
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+
+    let page_size = crate::mmap::advice::page_size()
+        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::other("failed to determine page size"))?
+        as u64;
+    Ok(stats.nr_cache.saturating_mul(page_size).min(disk_bytes))
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn probe_via_mincore(path: &Path) -> io::Result<u64> {
+    use super::{Advice, AdviceSetting, MmapFs, OpenOptions, Populate, UniversalReadFs};
+
+    let file = MmapFs
+        .open(
+            path,
+            OpenOptions {
+                writeable: false,
+                need_sequential: false,
+                populate: Populate::No,
+                advice: AdviceSetting::Advice(Advice::Normal),
+            },
+            (),
+        )
+        .map_err(|err| io::Error::other(err.to_string()))?;
+    file.resident_bytes()
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(test, target_os = "linux"))]
+mod tests {
+    use std::io::Write as _;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cachestat_matches_mincore_on_temp_file_when_supported() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let path = dir.path().join("data.dat");
+        let page_size = crate::mmap::advice::page_size().unwrap();
+        let len = page_size * 64;
+        let mut file = fs_err::File::create(&path).unwrap();
+        file.write_all(&vec![0xAB; len]).unwrap();
+        file.sync_all().unwrap();
+        drop(file);
+
+        let via_cachestat = match probe_via_cachestat(&path, len as u64) {
+            Ok(bytes) => bytes,
+            Err(err)
+                if matches!(
+                    err.raw_os_error(),
+                    Some(nix::libc::ENOSYS) | Some(nix::libc::EPERM)
+                ) =>
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            Err(err) => panic!("unexpected cachestat error: {err}"),
+        };
+        let via_mincore = probe_via_mincore(&path).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(via_cachestat > (len as u64) / 2);
+        assert!(via_mincore > (len as u64) / 2);
+        assert!(via_cachestat.abs_diff(via_mincore) <= page_size as u64);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/mod.rs b/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/mod.rs
index 647962e574..cfdd799920 100644
--- a/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/common/common/src/universal_io/mmap/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 mod async_io;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+mod memory_stats;
 mod pipeline;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
@@ -575,22 +577,7 @@ impl MmapFile {
     /// ensuring all measurements go through the same mmap path.
     #[cfg(unix)]
     pub fn probe_memory_stats(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> std::io::Result<(u64, u64)> {
-        let fs = MmapFs;
-        let file = fs
-            .open(
-                path,
-                OpenOptions {
-                    writeable: false,
-                    need_sequential: false,
-                    populate: Populate::No,
-                    advice: AdviceSetting::Advice(Advice::Normal),
-                },
-                (),
-            )
-            .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(e.to_string()))?;
-        let disk_bytes = file.disk_bytes()?;
-        let resident_bytes = file.resident_bytes()?;
-        Ok((disk_bytes, resident_bytes))
+        memory_stats::probe_memory_stats(path)
     }
 }