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63 | pm/index | 63 | pm/index |
64 | thunderbolt | 64 | thunderbolt |
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66 | mm/index | ||
66 | 67 | ||
67 | .. only:: subproject and html | 68 | .. only:: subproject and html |
68 | 69 | ||
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1 | ================= | ||
2 | Memory Management | ||
3 | ================= | ||
4 | |||
5 | Linux memory management subsystem is responsible, as the name implies, | ||
6 | for managing the memory in the system. This includes implemnetation of | ||
7 | virtual memory and demand paging, memory allocation both for kernel | ||
8 | internal structures and user space programms, mapping of files into | ||
9 | processes address space and many other cool things. | ||
10 | |||
11 | Linux memory management is a complex system with many configurable | ||
12 | settings. Most of these settings are available via ``/proc`` | ||
13 | filesystem and can be quired and adjusted using ``sysctl``. These APIs | ||
14 | are described in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt and in `man 5 proc`_. | ||
15 | |||
16 | .. _man 5 proc: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html | ||
17 | |||
18 | Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in | ||
19 | the Linux memory management. | ||