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Based on kernel version 4.16.1. Page generated on 2018-04-09 11:53 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	cleancache.txt
8		- Intro to cleancache and page-granularity victim cache.
9	frontswap.txt
10		- Outline frontswap, part of the transcendent memory frontend.
11	highmem.txt
12		- Outline of highmem and common issues.
13	hugetlbpage.txt
14		- a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
15	hugetlbfs_reserv.txt
16		- A brief overview of hugetlbfs reservation design/implementation.
17	hwpoison.txt
18		- explains what hwpoison is
19	idle_page_tracking.txt
20		- description of the idle page tracking feature.
21	ksm.txt
22		- how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
23	numa
24		- information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
25	numa_memory_policy.txt
26		- documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support.
27	overcommit-accounting
28		- description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
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	soft-dirty.txt
36		- short explanation for soft-dirty PTEs
37	split_page_table_lock
38		- Separate per-table lock to improve scalability of the old page_table_lock.
39	transhuge.txt
40		- Transparent Hugepage Support, alternative way of using hugepages.
41	unevictable-lru.txt
42		- Unevictable LRU infrastructure
43	zswap.txt
44		- Intro to compressed cache for swap pages
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