Re: [PATCH 07/10] ksm: Kernel SamePage Merging

[Rik van Riel]

Izik Eidus wrote:
> From: Izik Eidus <ieidus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxx>

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