Linux Memory Management References
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Table of Contents
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- [Table of Contents](/@0xff07/HksGttKKn)

Overview
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- [Overview](/@0xff07/Sk1pUPpCp)

The Virtual Address Space
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- [Address Space Layout](/@0xff07/SJbdHsArR)
- [Kernel Space](/@0xff07/rky16yywR)

Physical Address Space
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- [Physical Address Space](/@0xff07/r1JVQlkv0)
- [Pages](/@0xff07/rJ7lsv6CT)
- [Zones](/@0xff07/Sy0Kgy2AC)

Allocation in Kernel
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- [The Page Allocator](/@0xff07/SyWM73Yt3)
- [The Slab Allocator](/@0xff07/HJrYJiKFn)
- [`kmalloc()`](/@0xff07/BkSxkoYK3)
- [`vmalloc()`](/@0xff07/SyEObhtK2)

Paging (Hardware)
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- [x86_64](/@0xff07/BkxaDv6CT)
- [arm64](/@0xff07/SyfE_vpRa)
- [riscv](/@0xff07/ryFqOP6Cp)

Virtual Memory in the Userspace
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- [`vm_area_struct`](/@0xff07/HJwvA1yPA)
- [Page Tables](/@0xff07/B1Jv45Fth)
- [Page Fault](/@0xff07/HyKd3wTCp)
- [Page Replacement](/@0xff07/HJdmNOpRp)

Appendix: the slab allocators
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- [Slab Allocator Overview](/@0xff07/H1rIw9FF3)
- [SLUB](/@0xff07/BkqQ99YKn)
- [SLAB (Removed since 6.8)](/@0xff07/Sku5TcKt2)
- [SLOB (Removed since 6.4)](/@0xff07/Sk20jcFt2)

Staging Area
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- [folios](/@0xff07/r1lmmIMl1l)