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[$] Ways to reclaim unused page-table pages
Monday May 9, 2022. 03:38 PM , from LWN.net
One of the memory-management subsystem's most important jobs is reclaiming
unused (or little-used) memory so that it can be put to better use. When it comes to one of the core memory-management data structures — page tables — though, this subsystem often falls down on the job. At the 2022 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-management and BPF Summit (LSFMM), David Hildenbrand led a session on the problems posed by the lack of page-table reclaim and explored options for improving the situation.
https://lwn.net/Articles/893726/
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