2026-09-22

Virtual Memory

some notes and scribbles i made when learning about virtual memory and memory-mapped files

Memory mapping notes 1 Memory mapping notes 2 Memory mapping notes 3 Memory mapping notes 4

Reading Material

  1. OS Memory Mapping - Coding Club
  2. BitLemon
    1. Virtual Memory Explained (including Paging)
    2. Page Tables and MMU: How Virtual Memory Actually Works Behind the Scenes
  3. Jacob Sorber
    1. How to Map Files into Memory in C (mmap, memory mapped file io)
    2. How processes get more memory. (mmap, brk)
  4. Dave’s Garage
    1. Malloc is NOT Magic: Let’s Build it to Learn What’s Inside!