For now just the content copied from the old linux-mm site. Please update and include links to Linux memory management documentation elsewhere.

• HighMemory or how the Linux kernel can use more than 1GB of physical memory.

• MemoryHierarchy - a work in progress on explaining the memory hierarchy and the need for AdvancedPageReplacement algorithms.

• OverCommitAccounting - how to configure memory overcommit mode on Linux.

• VirtualMemory - How the kernel handles paging and VM

• Drop_Caches - How can I flush the filesystem cache?

External documents

• Joe Knapka's Outline of the Linux Memory Management System, which is mostly about the 2.4 kernel.

• Mel Gorman's book "Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager" (beware: it's a 8.5MB pdf) from Bruce Perens' Open Source Series, which also covers what is new in 2.6 kernels. Here is Mel's old page about Linux VM.d