13. Memory Management in Linux Kernel
Memory Management is a very important aspect of the Kernel. In this video, We will discuss different methods of memory allocation and deallocation including Slab Allocation for efficient memory allocation and deallocations. Below is detailed content
00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Pages and page structure
03:24 - Memory Zones
06:27 - pages allocation and deallocation
09:37 - kmalloc() & GFP flag types
15:38 - Which flag to use?
17:51 - kfree() and vmalloc()
20:33 - Slab Allocation
26:58 - Kernel stack and High Memory Allocation
29:43 - Per-CPU allocations
33:37 - Picking an allocation method
34:38 - Conclusion
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