I hope you guys find this helpful. I've skimmed a few pages and find it very nice intro to Linux VM. -Manu Anand B'lore,India Help stamp out mental illness, or I will kill you!! > ---------- > From: Mel Gorman[SMTP:mel@csn.ul.ie] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:37 PM > To: Linux Memory Management List > Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List > Subject: VM documentation > > > Yet another release in the usual places. The main reasons for the release > is a correction on the subject of vmalloc more than anything else and the > rearrangement of chapters to present the material in more logical order. I > am hoping there will only be one, or at most two more releases after this > before it's done and dusted (famous last words). > > Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager > PDF: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/pdf/understand.pdf > HTML: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/html/understand > Text: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/text/understand.txt > > Code Commentary > PDF: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/pdf/code.pdf > HTML: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/html/code > Text: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/text/code.txt > > Few important reasons for this release but still, it brings me closer to > just finalising it and releasing it fully. > > 1. Chapters have been rearranged a little so there should be no forward > references left and the material is handled in an "easier" order for > understanding it. Each chapter now has an introduction as well so it > isn't as clunky to read at parts > > 2. I messed up the explanation of vmalloc by saying pages are allocated at > fault time rather than saying that it is just the page tables for the > faulting process are synced with the master page tables. Pretty serious > mistake so anyone looking at vmalloc stuff should re-read > > 3. Minor correction on the explanation of try_to_free_pages() in the code > commentary. I now explain why it only frees up pages in ZONE_NORMAL > > 4. Loads of polish like font and grammar corrections. Minor mistake in > slab where I said /proc/cpuinfo instead of /proc/slabinfo and a few > others like that > > -- > Mel Gorman > MSc Student, University of Limerick > http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > DISCLAIMER: Information contained and transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Mascot Systems Limited and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this E-MAIL may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail & notify us immediately at Mailadmin@mascotsystems.com Before opening attachments, please scan for viruses. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
