MM101 introduction to memory management

Christopher Lameter

An introduction to Linux memory management at the levels of the basic mechanisms. The basics of paging. Understanding hardware memory management and the difference between virtual, physical and swap memory. How do determine the hardware installed and how to figure out the use of that memory by processes. How a process uses physical and virtual memory effectively. How to control overcommit and virtual and/or physical memory limits.

Also includes an introduction to the basic knobs in Linux to control memory management and system calls so that a process can control its memory usage.