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Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide
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Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide

by Clint Huffman
August 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
10h 16m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 5

Kernel memory

Abstract

This chapter discusses how to detect and investigate problems with kernel virtual address space and how it relates to system committed memory and physical memory.

Keywords

Kernel

Memory

Virtual

Address

Space

Debugger

Pool Paged

Pool Nonpaged

PTEs

Introduction

Similar to applications, the kernel operates in virtual address space and has limits based on the available virtual address space, the system committed memory, and the amount of physical memory of the system. Figure 5.1 highlights the kernel-mode virtual address space. This chapter discusses how to detect and investigate problems with kernel virtual address space and how it relates to system committed memory and physical memory.

Figure 5.1 Overall Windows memory layout with ...
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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780124167018