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diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 4b4e57a9643e..247760729593 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -214,6 +214,18 @@ 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. + See Documentation/vm/ksm.txt for more information. + config DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR int "Low address space to protect from user allocation" default 4096 |