Re: question about MM on x86

[remi . colinet]

Hi,

Mel Gorman documented the linux VM subsystem :

www.skynet.ie/~mel/projects/vm/

Otherwise, you could have a look at mm/page_alloc.c

Remi


Selon Sylvain <autofr@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
>
> I am interested in the way memory management is implemented on x86,
> specially the low level part.
>
> I search: where physical address are computed when a new Frame new to
> be allocated but I can't find out. (alogithm to find out the next
> frame free?? other the next frame to reuse??)
>
> Please, can somebody  familiar with the code point me to very prescise
> function, or give me some hint.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sylvain
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