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Page(Memory) Replacement with AI

Posted on by lechuck park

With Claude
This image illustrates a Page (Memory) Replacement system using AI. Let me break down the key components:

  1. Top Structure:
  • Paging (Legacy & current): Basic paging system structure
  • Logical Memory: Organized in 4KB units, maximum 64-bit sizing (2^64 Bytes)
  • Physical Memory: Limited to the actual installed memory size
  1. Memory Allocation:
  • Shows Alloc() and Dealloc() functions
  • When no more allocation is possible, there’s a question about deallocation strategy:
    • FIFO (First In First Out): Deallocate the oldest allocated memory first
    • LRU (Least Recently Used): Deallocate the oldest used memory first
  1. AI-based Page Replacement Process:
  • Data Collection: Gathers information about page access frequency, time intervals, and memory usage patterns
  • Feature Extraction: Analyzes page access time, access frequency, process ID, memory region, etc.
  • Model Training: Aims to predict the likelihood of specific pages being accessed in the future
  • Page Replacement Decision: Pages with a low likelihood of future access are prioritized for swapping
  • Real-Time Application & Evaluation: Applies the model in real-time to perform page replacement and evaluate system performance

This system integrates traditional page replacement algorithms with AI technology to achieve more efficient memory management. The use of AI helps in making more intelligent decisions about which pages to keep in memory and which to swap out, based on learned patterns and predictions.

Recent Memory Control

Posted on by lechuck park

From Perplexity with some prompting
The image illustrates a change in memory object management in recent Linux kernels, focusing on the transition from fixed-size page memory blocks to dynamic-size object memory blocks.

Left: Fixed-Size Page Memory Block

  • Page Memory Block: Typically uses fixed-size blocks, generally 4KB in size.
  • Meta Table: Managed by simple ID values (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), allowing for straightforward and efficient control.

Right: Dynamic-Size Object Memory Block

Meta Table: Requires both ID values and sizes (e.g., (1, size), (2, size)), necessitating more complex computation and larger metadata tables.

Object Memory Block: Utilizes blocks of varying sizes to accommodate different memory object sizes.

This transition reflects a shift towards more flexible memory management, allowing for better utilization of memory resources by accommodating objects of different sizes. However, it also introduces increased complexity in managing these memory allocations.

Kernel Same-page Merging

Posted on by lechuck park

From DALL-E with some prompting
Kernel Same-page Merging (KSM) is a feature within an operating system’s kernel that enhances memory efficiency by identifying and merging identical memory pages. Typically, this process is beneficial for duplicated pages from executable files and shared libraries, which are common across different processes. KSM is also advantageous in environments where there is a significant amount of shared data and memory-mapped files, such as virtualization systems where multiple virtual machines may be running the same operating system or similar applications. By merging these pages, KSM allows for a reduction in physical memory usage, leading to better memory management and potentially improved performance for the system.