HugeTLB - Large Page Support in the Linux Kernel

HugeTLB - Large Page Support in the Linux Kernel

By R. Krishnakumar

Abstract

This article is meant to be a primer to the HugeTLB feature of the Linux kernel, which enables one to use virtual memory pages of large sizes. First, we will go through an introduction of large page support in the kernel, then we will see how to enable large pages and how to use large pages……