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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c47c16e13a18 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +================= +Memory Management +================= + +Linux memory management subsystem is responsible, as the name implies, +for managing the memory in the system. This includes implemnetation of +virtual memory and demand paging, memory allocation both for kernel +internal structures and user space programms, mapping of files into +processes address space and many other cool things. + +Linux memory management is a complex system with many configurable +settings. Most of these settings are available via ``/proc`` +filesystem and can be quired and adjusted using ``sysctl``. These APIs +are described in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt and in `man 5 proc`_. + +.. _man 5 proc: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html + +Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in +the Linux memory management. |