• LinuxMMInternals

In this section of the LinuxMM site, the internals of the Linux memory management subsystem can be documented bit by bit. If you feel inspired, or are looking around the code and writing down notes anyway, please help out and create a subsection.

• PageFaultHandling

• PageTableStructure

• PageAllocation

• HighMemory

• DeviceDriverMmap

• PageOutKswapd

• PageReplacementDesign explains the design behind the split LRU code

• ReadAhead

• PageCacheLookup

• PageCacheReadWrite

• Mmap

• MlockMprotect

• Mremap

• ActualMemoryFootprint

• LinuxMMFAQ

What Linux MM internal would you like to see documented next? Leave your wishlist here:

• Demand_paging

See all pages in the category CategoryLinuxMMInternals