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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/Kconfig | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 3aa519f52e1..c0b6afa178a 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -214,6 +214,17 @@ config HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT config MMU_NOTIFIER bool +config KSM + bool "Enable KSM for page merging" + depends on MMU + help + Enable Kernel Samepage Merging: KSM periodically scans those areas + of an application's address space that an app has advised may be + mergeable. When it finds pages of identical content, it replaces + the many instances by a single resident page with that content, so + saving memory until one or another app needs to modify the content. + Recommended for use with KVM, or with other duplicative applications. + config DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR int "Low address space to protect from user allocation" default 4096 |