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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. |
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. |
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| * ["LinuxMMDocumentation"] contains information on how to tweak the Linux kernel memory management subsystem. * ["LinuxMMInternals"] explains how some of the Linux kernel memory management works. * [http://www.superiorpapers.com term papers] |
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| Information on how to tweak the Linux kernel memory management subsystem can be found on the ["LinuxMMDocumentation"] page. If you want to know how things work on the inside, please see ["LinuxMMInternals"]. | == Community == To subscribe to the linux-mm mailing list, email majordomo@kvack.org and tell it you want to "subscribe linux-mm". If you like IRC, you can join us on irc.oftc.net in #mm. You can also discuss things on the [http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/list.php?13 Kernelnewbies Memory Management web forum]... |
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| Some of the more active current Linux memory management projects are: | |
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| Some of the more active current Linux memory management projects are: * CompressedCaching 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 |
* [http://code.google.com/p/compcache/ CompressedCaching] - 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 * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxsuperpages Superpages] - Port of Rice University's Superpages to Linux (2.6 kernel). |
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| * 2006-04-09, thanks to [http://people.redhat.com/duffy/ Maureen Duffy], Linux-MM now has a cute logo. Thank you, Maureen. | * 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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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.
[http://www.superiorpapers.com term papers]
Community
To subscribe to the linux-mm mailing list, email majordomo@kvack.org and tell it you want to "subscribe linux-mm".
If you like IRC, you can join us on irc.oftc.net in #mm.
You can also discuss things on the [http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/list.php?13 Kernelnewbies Memory Management web forum]...
Projects
Some of the more active current Linux memory management projects are:
[http://code.google.com/p/compcache/ CompressedCaching] - 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
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxsuperpages Superpages] - Port of Rice University's Superpages to Linux (2.6 kernel).
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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