# README

```
00-INDEX
    - this file.
active_mm.txt
    - An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm.
balance
    - various information on memory balancing.
cleancache.txt
    - Intro to cleancache and page-granularity victim cache.
frontswap.txt
    - Outline frontswap, part of the transcendent memory frontend.
highmem.txt
    - Outline of highmem and common issues.
hugetlbpage.txt
    - a brief summary of hugetlbpage support in the Linux kernel.
hwpoison.txt
    - explains what hwpoison is
ksm.txt
    - how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
numa
    - information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
numa_memory_policy.txt
    - documentation of concepts and APIs of the 2.6 memory policy support.
overcommit-accounting
    - description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
page_migration
    - description of page migration in NUMA systems.
pagemap.txt
    - pagemap, from the userspace perspective
slub.txt
    - a short users guide for SLUB.
soft-dirty.txt
    - short explanation for soft-dirty PTEs
split_page_table_lock
    - Separate per-table lock to improve scalability of the old page_table_lock.
transhuge.txt
    - Transparent Hugepage Support, alternative way of using hugepages.
unevictable-lru.txt
    - Unevictable LRU infrastructure
zswap.txt
    - Intro to compressed cache for swap pages
```


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