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Based on kernel version 3.4. Page generated on 2012-05-21 22:13 EST.

1	00-INDEX
2		- this file.
3	active_mm.txt
4		- An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm.
5	balance
6		- various information on memory balancing.
7	hugepage-mmap.c
8		- Example app using huge page memory with the mmap system call.
9	hugepage-shm.c
10		- Example app using huge page memory with Sys V shared memory system calls.
11	hugetlbpage.txt
12		- a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
13	hwpoison.txt
14		- explains what hwpoison is
15	ksm.txt
16		- how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
17	locking
18		- info on how locking and synchronization is done in the Linux vm code.
19	map_hugetlb.c
20		- an example program that uses the MAP_HUGETLB mmap flag.
21	numa
22		- information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
23	numa_memory_policy.txt
24		- documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support.
25	overcommit-accounting
26		- description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
27	page-types.c
28		- Tool for querying page flags
29	page_migration
30		- description of page migration in NUMA systems.
31	pagemap.txt
32		- pagemap, from the userspace perspective
33	slub.txt
34		- a short users guide for SLUB.
35	unevictable-lru.txt
36		- Unevictable LRU infrastructure
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