linux/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.
cleancache.txt
- Intro to cleancache and page-granularity victim cache.
frontswap.txt
- Outline frontswap, part of the transcendent memory frontend.
highmem.txt
- Outline of highmem and common issues.
hugetlbpage.txt
- a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
hugetlbfs_reserv.txt
- A brief overview of hugetlbfs reservation design/implementation.
hwpoison.txt
- explains what hwpoison is
idle_page_tracking.txt
- description of the idle page tracking feature.
ksm.txt
- how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
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_migration
- description of page migration in NUMA systems.
pagemap.txt
- pagemap, from the userspace perspective
slub.txt
- a short users guide for SLUB.
soft-dirty.txt
- short explanation for soft-dirty PTEs
split_page_table_lock
- Separate per-table lock to improve scalability of the old page_table_lock.
transhuge.txt
- Transparent Hugepage Support, alternative way of using hugepages.
unevictable-lru.txt
- Unevictable LRU infrastructure
zswap.txt
- Intro to compressed cache for swap pages