From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from skynet.csn.ul.ie (skynet [136.201.105.2]) by holly.csn.ul.ie (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91052B39A for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:55:27 +0100 (IST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by skynet.csn.ul.ie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373F0E88C for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:55:27 +0100 (IST) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:55:27 +0100 (IST) From: Mel Subject: Brief introduction Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Hello Linux-MM, As part of a larger project, I am to write a small paper describing how the Linux MM works, including the algorithms used and the O(whatever) running time each of them takes. This includes everything from the different ways of allocating memory, to swapping, to the individual optimisations such as use-once. I will be starting with kernel 2.4.9 but will do my best to keep up to date with the various patches that affect the memory manager and will be lurking here on the list. This in it's very early days so it'll be some time before I actually have something to show, but if people have areas they would like to see concentrated on or suggestions on what the most important sections to highlight are, I would be glad to hear them. As appaling as this may sound to some of you ;), this is purely a documentation effort and I don't intend to submit patches yet except in the unlikely event I notice something blatently wrong. When I am finished, I hope to have something that will help people get a grip on how the MM functions that isn't just "read the source" Thanks for your time -- Mel -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/