Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager, Paperback/Mel Gorman

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Describes VM in detail, presenting both theoretical foundations and a line-by-line source code commentary. This book covers everything from physical memory description to out-of-memory management. It's coverage includes: Linux VM 2. 4 architecture in depth-with diagrams and call graphs; Physical memory description, page tables, and more. About the Author: MEL GORMAN specializes in documenting open source software. He holds a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and has served as an instructor there. He has worked as a system administrator, applications developer, and consultant, and has been researching Linux memory management for more than two years. Currently he is an applications developer with J2EE technologies at IBM, Dublin.