Virtual Memory Management Research

alagenchev · 03-20-2006, 09:10 AM

Hello,

I have to write a paper on Virtual Memory Management in Linux. This is for a homework assignment. Can anyone help me with some useful links? Please note that I am not asking anyone to do my homework or anything like this. Just in case you have something in mind, or you have read something that might be of help, please be so kind to provide me with a link or guidance.

Thank You

Edit: I thought that it would be a good idea to post what I already have to avoid having some of the same links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory
http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_admin/x1752.html
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virtual-memory1.htm
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modul...ial&pageid=322
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...-concepts.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/l...vmoutline.html
http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=29961&rl=1
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tec...2_accepted.pdf

unSpawn · 03-21-2006, 06:26 PM

Can anyone help me with some useful links?
Dunno if its useful. Not checked in any way so YMMV(VM):
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cache/pap...comparison.pdf
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/v...ging_commentry
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1436...029_moshe.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/l...aulwilson.html
http://www.surriel.com/lectures/linux24-vm.html
http://linuxcompressed.sourceforge.net/vm24/
http://linux-mm.org/docs.shtml
http://www.cs.bu.edu/fac/richwest/cs...memory_mgt.PDF
http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-07/kernel_01.html
http://mmdoc.sourceforge.net/mmdoc/index.html
http://billgatliff.com/articles/emb-linux/mmu.pdf
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch13.html
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/li/cs...utline/vmm.pdf
http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/lehre/SS.../Lecture14.pdf
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/docs/basics.html
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch07.html
http://www.symonds.net/~abhi/files/mm/index.html
http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/vm/balance
http://www.jimbrooks.org/linux/docs/...Addresses.html
http://www.cse.psu.edu/~anand/spring01/linux/memory.ppt
http://www.mvista.com/dswp/Reliable.pdf
http://www.lkdp.tk/
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~gkhetan/acad...termpaper2.pdf
http://surriel.com/zone-alloc.html

...but in the end a picture always is better, and comparing Linux with other serious operating systems builds a bigger picture (though this one goes beyond talking only about MM): http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/

alagenchev · 03-21-2006, 06:41 PM

Thank you so much man. I actually did not expect anyone to respond. Thank you! I really appreciate it. The picture is a great idea

unSpawn · 03-21-2006, 07:31 PM

I actually did not expect anyone to respond.
I'll tell you why I responded:
- you told us up front its an assignment and you'd be doing the work yourself,
- you put your question as a question (using a question mark and no "I need" or "I want" or "give me" crap),
- you posted links you already found.
That's gotta be rewarded.

BTW, if the assignment is done and it's worth reading, post a link OK?

alagenchev · 03-21-2006, 07:40 PM

Thank You, I most definitely will. I just hope that it would be worth reading

alagenchev · 04-05-2006, 11:12 PM

Allright, my report is ready. I hope ya'll guys like it. I am open to any suggestions for any necessary changes. I would also like to post this somewhere on this site as a wiki or something if you think it's a good idea. Should I do it and if yes, where and how?

Here is the link:
http://students.uta.edu/ig/iga6742/vm.doc

Ivan

unSpawn, thank you once again for your help. The resources that you posted were really useful, and helped a lot