From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk,
aarcange@redhat.com, chrisw@redhat.com, avi@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] ksm: Kernel SamePage Merging
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:35:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A64B90E.2090509@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1247851850-4298-8-git-send-email-ieidus@redhat.com>
Izik Eidus wrote:
> From: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
>
> Ksm is code that allows merging of identical pages between one or
> more applications, in a way invisible to the applications that use it.
> Pages that are merged are marked as read-only, then COWed when any
> application tries to change them.
>
> Whereas fork() allows sharing anonymous pages between parent and child,
> ksm can share anonymous pages between unrelated processes.
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk,
aarcange@redhat.com, chrisw@redhat.com, avi@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] ksm: Kernel SamePage Merging
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:35:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A64B90E.2090509@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1247851850-4298-8-git-send-email-ieidus@redhat.com>
Izik Eidus wrote:
> From: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
>
> Ksm is code that allows merging of identical pages between one or
> more applications, in a way invisible to the applications that use it.
> Pages that are merged are marked as read-only, then COWed when any
> application tries to change them.
>
> Whereas fork() allows sharing anonymous pages between parent and child,
> ksm can share anonymous pages between unrelated processes.
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-20 18:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-17 17:30 [PATCH 00/10] ksm resend Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 01/10] ksm: add mmu_notifier set_pte_at_notify() Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 02/10] ksm: first tidy up madvise_vma() Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 03/10] ksm: define MADV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 04/10] ksm: the mm interface to ksm Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 05/10] ksm: no debug in page_dup_rmap() Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 06/10] ksm: identify PageKsm pages Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 07/10] ksm: Kernel SamePage Merging Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 08/10] ksm: prevent mremap move poisoning Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 09/10] ksm: change copyright message Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` [PATCH 10/10] ksm: change ksm nice level to be 5 Izik Eidus
2009-07-17 17:30 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-19 13:50 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-19 13:50 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-20 4:50 ` Balbir Singh
2009-07-20 4:50 ` Balbir Singh
2009-07-20 11:48 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-20 11:48 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-20 12:14 ` Balbir Singh
2009-07-20 12:14 ` Balbir Singh
2009-07-20 18:38 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:38 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-19 13:49 ` [PATCH 09/10] ksm: change copyright message Hugh Dickins
2009-07-19 13:49 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-20 18:37 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:37 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:37 ` [PATCH 08/10] ksm: prevent mremap move poisoning Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:37 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:35 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2009-07-20 18:35 ` [PATCH 07/10] ksm: Kernel SamePage Merging Rik van Riel
2009-07-18 2:45 ` [PATCH 06/10] ksm: identify PageKsm pages Wu Fengguang
2009-07-18 2:45 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-07-20 18:32 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:32 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-21 17:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-21 17:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-21 17:55 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-21 17:55 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-21 18:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-21 18:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-21 18:17 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-21 18:17 ` Izik Eidus
2009-07-22 12:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-22 12:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-23 2:06 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-07-23 2:06 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-07-23 11:43 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-23 11:43 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-23 11:49 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2009-07-23 11:49 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2009-07-22 12:45 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-22 12:45 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-22 16:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-22 16:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-23 11:36 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-23 11:36 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-20 18:11 ` [PATCH 05/10] ksm: no debug in page_dup_rmap() Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 18:11 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-21 7:16 ` Nick Piggin
2009-07-21 7:16 ` Nick Piggin
2009-07-20 17:38 ` [PATCH 04/10] ksm: the mm interface to ksm Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 17:38 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 15:09 ` [PATCH 03/10] ksm: define MADV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 15:09 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 15:44 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-07-20 15:44 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-07-20 15:05 ` [PATCH 02/10] ksm: first tidy up madvise_vma() Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 15:05 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 14:48 ` [PATCH 01/10] ksm: add mmu_notifier set_pte_at_notify() Rik van Riel
2009-07-20 14:48 ` Rik van Riel
2009-07-21 17:59 ` [PATCH 00/10] ksm resend Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-21 17:59 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-07-22 13:05 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-07-22 13:05 ` Hugh Dickins
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