1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2menu "Android" 3 4config ASHMEM 5 bool "Enable the Anonymous Shared Memory Subsystem" 6 depends on SHMEM 7 help 8 The ashmem subsystem is a new shared memory allocator, similar to 9 POSIX SHM but with different behavior and sporting a simpler 10 file-based API. 11 12 It is, in theory, a good memory allocator for low-memory devices, 13 because it can discard shared memory units when under memory pressure. 14 15endmenu 16