Linux Memory Management - Overview

• Linux Memory Management - Overview
  • References
    • Tutorial: Linux Memory Management and Containers - Gerlof Langeveld, AT Computing
    • Inspecting and Optimizing Memory Usage in Linux - João Marcos Costa, Bootlin
    • Kernel Recipes 2024 - All your memory are belong to… whom?
    • Introduction to Memory Management in Linux
    • Page table reclaim - David Hildenbrand
    • Introduction to Memory Management in Linux by Alan Ott_HD.mp4

References

Also see the Memory Mapping and DMA slides in the KLDP slides.

Largely speaking, paging is what divides the memory management subsystems. When engaging a memory subsystem, try to cleariy which of the following questions is this subsystem trying to address:

1. How to get a page?
2. What to do if you have a page?

Tutorial: Linux Memory Management and Containers - Gerlof Langeveld, AT Computing

Inspecting and Optimizing Memory Usage in Linux - João Marcos Costa, Bootlin

Kernel Recipes 2024 - All your memory are belong to… whom?

Introduction to Memory Management in Linux

Page table reclaim - David Hildenbrand

Introduction to Memory Management in Linux by Alan Ott_HD.mp4