Hello Peter, Thank you for the extensive reply. I was studying memory management and stumbled upon a function "PageSlab()" whose definition I could not find anywhere. Hence I asked. The last blog link was really good, bookmarked it. Thanks again! On 17 July 2012 06:05, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Sarbojit Ganguly > <unixman.linuxboy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello Community, >> >> I was browsing the tree and in slub.c/ function kfree(), I found >> "PageSlab" >> I could not find its definition anywhere. >> >> Also, googling about it did not yield much help except for pointers to >> various patches _using_ this. >> >> Can anyone explain what it is and where it is defined (if at all it >> has a definition). > > > > I am not sure what is your motive behind asking this question - PageSlab can > mean many different thing, but one thing in common is the concept of SLAB > allocator: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_allocation > > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-slab-allocator/ > > And the first original paper from Bonwick: > > http://www.ezdoum.com/upload/20/20020412235505/bonwick94slab.pdf > > And here is a SLAB implementation by itself (for easier reading and reuse): > > http://code.google.com/p/memslab/ > > And this page is for detailed description on SLAB: > > http://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/understand011.html > > http://lwn.net/Articles/320556/ (several variation of SLAB described, > including the SLUB u mentioned above). > > which is used in several OS (Unix mainly). > > and this blog teaches u how to analyze SLAB usage patterns: > > http://flylib.com/books/en/4.454.1.55/1/ > > http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z4Xjc19r9Dw/TSM3q2guB0I/AAAAAAAAAUo/1a_eQQGeXOo/s1600/Linux%2BMM.jpg > > etc... > >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Sarbojit >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > > > -- > Regards, > Peter Teoh -- Regards, Sarbojit _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
