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Welcome to the Linux Memory Wiki

This wiki is mean for the project page of CS2106 - Operating Systems. I will describe about the Linux Memory Management here.

Project Author: crf

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Introduction to Linux Memory Manager
  • Prerequisite

• Chapter 1 - Paging and Segmentation
  • Types of Memory Address
  • Logical Address and Segmentation
  • x86 Paging Mechanism

• Chapter 2 - Kernel Memory Management
  • Page Frame Management
  • Buddy Allocator
  • Zone Allocator
  • Slab Allocator
  • Noncontiguous Memory Area Allocation
  • High Memory Mapping
  • Summary

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