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author | Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> | 2022-05-07 15:49:47 +0200 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2022-05-10 00:41:24 +0200 |
commit | 481cc97349d694e3211e14a886ad2b7ef55b5a2c (patch) | |
tree | fd1518e58c9ef17267f294a3d6a29ae50d8fc3f0 /Documentation/vm | |
parent | Documentation: drop more IDE boot options and ide-cd.rst (diff) | |
download | linux-481cc97349d694e3211e14a886ad2b7ef55b5a2c.tar.xz linux-481cc97349d694e3211e14a886ad2b7ef55b5a2c.zip |
mm,doc: Add new documentation structure
Closely following the outline of Mel Gorman's book "Understanding the
Linux Virtual Memory Manager", add a new outline. Preserve the current
contents of the mm underneath the new outline so we can transition those
documents to a more sensible place later.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220507134947.444287-1-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/vm')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/index.rst | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/oom.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/slab.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/swap.rst | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst | 5 |
13 files changed, 93 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst b/Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..eb2b31eedfa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=========== +Boot Memory +=========== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/index.rst b/Documentation/vm/index.rst index 44365c4574a3..e72736d53604 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst @@ -2,12 +2,39 @@ Linux Memory Management Documentation ===================================== -This is a collection of documents about the Linux memory management (mm) -subsystem internals with different level of details ranging from notes and -mailing list responses for elaborating descriptions of data structures and -algorithms. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, see the -:ref:`memory_allocation`. For controlling and tuning guides, see the -:doc:`admin guide <../admin-guide/mm/index>`. +Memory Management Guide +======================= + +This is a guide to understanding the memory management subsystem +of Linux. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, +see the :ref:`memory_allocation`. For controlling and tuning guides, +see the :doc:`admin guide <../admin-guide/mm/index>`. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + physical_memory + page_tables + process_addrs + bootmem + page_allocation + vmalloc + slab + highmem + page_reclaim + swap + page_cache + shmfs + oom + +Legacy Documentation +==================== + +This is a collection of older documents about the Linux memory management +(MM) subsystem internals with different level of details ranging from +notes and mailing list responses for elaborating descriptions of data +structures and algorithms. It should all be integrated nicely into the +above structured documentation, or deleted if it has served its purpose. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 @@ -18,7 +45,6 @@ algorithms. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, see the damon/index free_page_reporting frontswap - highmem hmm hwpoison hugetlbfs_reserv diff --git a/Documentation/vm/oom.rst b/Documentation/vm/oom.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..18e9e40c1ec1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/oom.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================== +Out Of Memory Handling +====================== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d9b4495561f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=============== +Page Allocation +=============== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..75eba7c431b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========== +Page Cache +========== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..50a30b7f8ac3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============ +Page Reclaim +============ diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..96939571d7bc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=========== +Page Tables +=========== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst b/Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2ab7b8c1c863 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=============== +Physical Memory +=============== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst b/Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e8618fbc62c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================= +Process Addresses +================= diff --git a/Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst b/Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8b01ebb4c30e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================== +Shared Memory Filesystem +======================== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slab.rst b/Documentation/vm/slab.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..87d5a5bb172f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/slab.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=============== +Slab Allocation +=============== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/swap.rst b/Documentation/vm/swap.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..78819bd4d745 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/swap.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +==== +Swap +==== diff --git a/Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst b/Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..363fe20d6b9f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================== +Virtually Contiguous Memory Allocation +====================================== |