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Understanding the Linux®
Virtual Memory Manager

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Understanding the Linux®
Virtual Memory Manager
Mel Gorman
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Gorman, Mel.
Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager / Mel Gorman.
p. cm.—(Bruce Perens’ Open source series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-13-145348-3
1. Linux. 2. Virtual computer systems. 3. Virtual storage (Computer science) I. Title. II.
Series.
QA76.9.V5G67 2004
005.4’3—dc22 2004043864
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To John O’Gorman (RIP) for teaching me the joys of operating
systems and for making memory management interesting.
To my parents and family for their continuous support of my work.
To Karen for making all the work seem worthwhile.