linux-sg2042/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX

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00-INDEX
- this file.
active_mm.txt
- An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm.
balance
- various information on memory balancing.
hugepage-mmap.c
- Example app using huge page memory with the mmap system call.
hugepage-shm.c
- Example app using huge page memory with Sys V shared memory system calls.
hugetlbpage.txt
- a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
hwpoison.txt
- explains what hwpoison is
ksm.txt
- how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
locking
- info on how locking and synchronization is done in the Linux vm code.
map_hugetlb.c
- an example program that uses the MAP_HUGETLB mmap flag.
numa
- information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
numa_memory_policy.txt
- documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support.
overcommit-accounting
- description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
page-types.c
- Tool for querying page flags
page_migration
- description of page migration in NUMA systems.
pagemap.txt
- pagemap, from the userspace perspective
slub.txt
- a short users guide for SLUB.
unevictable-lru.txt
- Unevictable LRU infrastructure