Memory Management in Linux Kernel
Memory Management in Linux Kernel
Update: 16th Oct 2020: Added Notes/Examples used in the course
What will you learn from this course?
Physical Address space of processor and how to view it in Linux
Virtual Address space of processor
Kernel and User space virtual address space
Pages and Page Fault
How to convert virtual address into physical address and the format specifiers used to print
Low Memory and High Memory
Memory Allocation Mechanism - Buddy Allocator
Zones - /proc/buddyinfo
Dynamic Memory Allocation in Linux Kernel
Various flags used in kmalloc - GFP_KERNEL, GFP_ATOMIC, GFP_DMA
Differences between kmalloc and vmalloc
What happens when you pass 0 in kmalloc and vmalloc
Kernel Stack
API's covered in this course:
virt_to_phys
phys_to_virt
kmalloc
kfree
krealloc
ksize
vmalloc
vfree
Commands used in this course:
qemu-system-x86
Linux Kernel Programming - Memory Management in Deep
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What you will learn
- Knowledge of Memory management in Linux Kernel
Rating: 4.05
Level: All Levels
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Linux Trainer
Courses By: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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