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Monday, April 4 • 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Introduction to Memory Management in Linux - Alan Ott, SoftIron

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All modern non-microcontroller CPUs contain a memory management unit and utilize the concept of virtual memory.

This presentation will describe the different types of virtual memory spaces and mappings used in the Linux kernel, the cases in which they are useful, how they are implemented in the kernel, and how they differ from user space memory. Concepts such as the hardware memory-management unit (MMU) and translation lookaside buffer (TLB) will be discussed, as well as software concepts like kernel page tables. User space concepts such as growable stacks, memory paging, memory mapping, page faults, exceptions, and other memory-related conditions will be covered as well.

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Alan Ott

Linux Architect, SoftIron
Alan started programming when he was four years old on his dad's Commodore 64 and began using Linux in the mid-90s while in high school. He currently works for SoftrIron, a Silicon Valley startup making ARM-based appliances for the data center. Alan is the creator and maintainer... Read More →


Monday April 4, 2016 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Harbor Ballroom B