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May 16, 2025 · Fundamentals
Understanding Page Faults and Their Impact on System Performance
The article explains what page faults are, how the Linux kernel handles them, methods to measure their frequency with tools like perf, vmstat and ftrace, and discusses why frequent faults degrade performance and how to mitigate them through memory, configuration, and code optimizations.
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