Linux-mm.org is a wiki for documenting how memory management works and for coordinating new memory management development projects. Please help editing this wiki. Thank you.
Documentation
- ["LinuxMMDocumentation"] contains information on how to tweak the Linux kernel memory management subsystem.
- ["LinuxMMInternals"] explains how some of the Linux kernel memory management works.
Projects
Some of the more active current Linux memory management projects are:
- CompressedCaching ([ftp://ftps24.brinkster.com/mm/lecture_10_memoryallocation.ppt Project Home Page]) and compressed swap. Reduce I/O by keeping more data in memory.
- AdvancedPageReplacement The time needed to swap a single program into memory is ever increasing, so page replacement is becoming more and more important.
- NetworkStorageDeadlock - storage over network has a deadlock problem, where it can take memory to free memory.
- PageTrace - a kernel patch and tool to analyze memory access patterns.
- HugePages - Improving the availability and usability of huge pages
Site News
- 2006-04-09, thanks to [http://people.redhat.com/duffy/ Maureen Duffy], Linux-MM now has a cute logo. Thank you, Maureen.
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