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Violators will be prosecuted; (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256) Mon, 3 Sep 2018 06:12:43 +0100 Received: from d06av26.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av26.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.105.62]) by b06cxnps4075.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id w835CgiV42467396 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 3 Sep 2018 05:12:42 GMT Received: from d06av26.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id E80AAAE04D; Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:12:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from d06av26.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46554AE045; Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:12:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from rapoport-lnx (unknown [9.148.8.79]) by d06av26.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:12:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 08:12:40 +0300 From: Mike Rapoport To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Michal Hocko , Randy Dunlap , Matthew Wilcox , Vlastimil Babka , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] docs/core-api: add memory allocation guide References: <1534517236-16762-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1534517236-16762-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18090305-4275-0000-0000-000002B43073 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18090305-4276-0000-0000-000037BD3CDA Message-Id: <20180903051239.GB5826@rapoport-lnx> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-09-03_03:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1807170000 definitions=main-1809030056 Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Any updates on this? On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 05:47:13PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > Hi, > > As Vlastimil mentioned at [1], it would be nice to have some guide about > memory allocation. This set adds such guide that summarizes the "best > practices". > > The changes from the RFC include additions and corrections from Michal and > Randy. I've also added markup to cross-reference the kernel-doc > documentation. > > I've split the patch into three to separate labels addition to the exiting > files from the new contents. > > Note that the second patch depends on the mm docs update [2] that Andrew > took to the -mm tree. > > v2 -> v3: > * s/HW/hardware > > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg55542.html > [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/26/684 > > Mike Rapoport (3): > docs: core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io: add a label for cross-referencing > docs: core-api/mm-api: add a lable for GFP flags section > docs: core-api: add memory allocation guide > > Documentation/core-api/gfp_mask-from-fs-io.rst | 2 + > Documentation/core-api/index.rst | 1 + > Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 2 + > 4 files changed, 129 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst > > -- > 2.7.4 > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.