| Date | Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:35:58 -0400 | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 07/10] ksm: Kernel SamePage Merging |
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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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