www.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
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If you like IRC, you can join us on irc.oftc.net in #mm.
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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://www.yves-saint-laurent-shop.com ysl outlet] deadlock problem.
[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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