Chapter 11. Managing Memory
This chapter covers issues relating to memory management, which is an important topic for any Linux system, but especially for embedded Linux where system memory is usually in limited supply. After a brief refresher on virtual memory, I will show you how to measure memory use, how to detect problems with memory allocation, including memory leaks, and what happens when you run out of memory. You will have to understand the tools that are available, from simple tools such as free and top, to complex tools such as mtrace and Valgrind.
Virtual memory basics
To recap, Linux configures the memory management unit of the CPU to present a virtual address space to a running program that begins at zero and ends at the highest address, ...
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