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Linux 6.17 Memory Management Optimizations, DAMON_STAT & Other Improvements
ll of the memory management "MM" changes were merged this week for the ongoing Linux 6.17 merge window. Among the memory management feature highlights for Linux 6.17 include: - DAMON_STAT is merged as a new DAMON offering for simple and practical access monitoring designed for simpler setup and use within production environments.
- DAMON_STAT is merged as a new DAMON offering for simple and practical access monitoring designed for simpler setup and use within production environments. - Optimizing mremap() for large folios yielded a 37% reduction in execution time for a memset+mremap+munmap benchmark. - Per-VMA locks for /proc/pid/maps reads to address large contention issues while in some instances reducing latency by more than half.
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