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Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -0700100-INDEX
2 - this file.
Michael Ellermana55ce6d2009-04-13 14:40:09 -07003active_mm.txt
4 - An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -07005balance
6 - various information on memory balancing.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -08007hugepage-mmap.c
8 - Example app using huge page memory with the mmap system call.
9hugepage-shm.c
10 - Example app using huge page memory with Sys V shared memory system calls.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070011hugetlbpage.txt
12 - a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080013hwpoison.txt
14 - explains what hwpoison is
Hugh Dickins7701c9c2009-09-21 17:02:24 -070015ksm.txt
16 - how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070017locking
18 - info on how locking and synchronization is done in the Linux vm code.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080019map_hugetlb.c
20 - an example program that uses the MAP_HUGETLB mmap flag.
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070021numa
22 - information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
23numa_memory_policy.txt
24 - documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support.
25overcommit-accounting
26 - description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080027page-types.c
28 - Tool for querying page flags
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070029page_migration
30 - description of page migration in NUMA systems.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080031pagemap.txt
32 - pagemap, from the userspace perspective
Jesper Juhl1f27d872007-10-16 23:31:17 -070033slabinfo.c
34 - source code for a tool to get reports about slabs.
35slub.txt
36 - a short users guide for SLUB.
Randy Dunlap70bace82010-03-10 15:21:58 -080037unevictable-lru.txt
38 - Unevictable LRU infrastructure