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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. | |
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| I never had time to keep the old Linux-MM website updated, so I have converted it all to a wiki. If you run into anything interesting that has to do with the Linux memory management, please feel free to create yourself an account and add it to the site. That includes links to current projects, workarounds for common memory management related problems and links to memory management information. | == 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. |
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| RikvanRiel, dec 12 2004 | == Community == To subscribe to the linux-mm mailing list, email majordomo@kvack.org and tell it you want to "subscribe linux-mm". |
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| == Linux-MM contents == * ["LinuxMMDocumentation"] * MemoryManagementLinks * LinuxKernelMailingLists |
If you like IRC, you can join us on irc.oftc.net in #mm. |
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| == Links == * [http://lkml.org/ Linux-kernel] mailing list * [http://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&product=Memory+Management&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED Linux MM bugs] in the kernel.org bugzilla |
You can also discuss things on the [http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/list.php?13 Kernelnewbies Memory Management web forum]... |
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| == News == * december 12 2004, created this wiki, started moving content across from the old site (RikvanRiel) |
== 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 == 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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Interesting starting points: * RecentChanges: see where people are currently working * WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing * FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways * SyntaxReference: quick access to wiki syntax * SiteNavigation: get an overview over this site and what it contains == How to use this site == A Wiki is a collaborative site, anyone can contribute and share: * Edit any page by pressing '''[[GetText(Edit)]]''' at the top or the bottom of the page * Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with {{{["quoted words in brackets"]}}} * Search for page titles or text within pages using the search box at the top of any page |
. A Wiki is a collaborative site, anyone can contribute and share: * Edit any page by pressing '''[[GetText(Edit)]]''' at the top or the bottom of the page. * Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with {{{["quoted words in brackets"]}}}. * Search for page titles or text within pages using FindPage or the search box at the top of any page. |
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To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about MoinMoin:WhyWikiWorks and the MoinMoin:WikiNature. Also, consult the MoinMoin:WikiWikiWebFaq. This wiki is powered by MoinMoin. |
* WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing. |
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.
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
Site News
2006-04-09, thanks to [http://people.redhat.com/duffy/ Maureen Duffy], Linux-MM now has a cute logo. Thank you, Maureen.
- A Wiki is a collaborative site, anyone can contribute and share:
Edit any page by pressing GetText(Edit) at the top or the bottom of the page.
Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with ["quoted words in brackets"].
Search for page titles or text within pages using FindPage or the search box at the top of any page.
See HelpForBeginners to get you going, HelpContents for all help pages.
WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing.