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diff --git a/Documentation/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/mm/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..575ccd40e30c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/mm/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +===================================== +Linux Memory Management Documentation +===================================== + +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 + + active_mm + arch_pgtable_helpers + balance + damon/index + free_page_reporting + frontswap + hmm + hwpoison + hugetlbfs_reserv + ksm + memory-model + mmu_notifier + numa + overcommit-accounting + page_migration + page_frags + page_owner + page_table_check + remap_file_pages + slub + split_page_table_lock + transhuge + unevictable-lru + vmalloced-kernel-stacks + vmemmap_dedup + z3fold + zsmalloc |