Linux kernel Memory Management Mechanism and Improvement
Wang Yang · Computer Knowledge and Technology · 2008
Understanding and grasping Linux kernel memory basic knowledge is very important for learning Linux.Linux kernel memory isfoundation of learning Linux kernel and helpful for learning other contents.This thesis primarily introduces two contents about Linux kernelmemory.That is memory management and improvement.This paper primarily introduces segment and page mechanism in memory manage-ment mechanism.They are foundation for all the memory management and later improvement.This paper introduces three important con-tents—reverse mapping,big memory page and storing page table directory in high memory.