From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3547D08A for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729926AbeKTCYv (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:24:51 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:42214 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729825AbeKTCYv (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:24:51 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: Subject:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=j9pE34T2S8u9GqwpKSukNLCLgpxlt2AX/wjlQmIfvmA=; b=sqaRttMTLL8ImJo4fV+zvRgZ5G B3g9S/Aby2lB0NYMv8UrDgCQA/0+izmPREWj5+khpIrm85yHU/ImiD+wjGSd53dhz9MqsuBicAWPB Gmj7SXnsx7Wgjd2t/Tm2AIEKlDtNE3BRU2hwnEE0GDHrXv9ve6oHsnxxEECRNxRUn5QKP6a/Puv6R Giirj9gFpg9wZu6ZtlTGgGr5FEydDS8KlbVBXc+/7iEXHm8EDDwawIP5I7nD73edQZTvLHeRo0oKr c87fYwrpW8RAGnlcpW9KNv2fss75DOdWOIHp+M4ItILmNfXc0b2xMJN7VTBFXjkX2kr/DyYQnv65R Q8foeE/A==; Received: from willy by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1gOlyj-0002iQ-Pr; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:00:49 +0000 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:00:49 -0800 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Jonathan Corbet , Mike Rapoport , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Link the memory allocation guide from the MM docs Message-ID: <20181119160049.GC394@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org I just went looking for the memory allocation guide in the MM docs instead of in the core API. For the benefit of the next person who makes that mistake, link to it from the MM docs. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst index f8bb9aa120c4..8954a88ff5b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _memory-allocation: + ======================= Memory Allocation Guide ======================= diff --git a/Documentation/vm/index.rst b/Documentation/vm/index.rst index c4ded22197ca..2b3ab3a1ccf3 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Linux Memory Management Documentation ===================================== -This is a collection of documents about Linux memory management (mm) subsystem. +This is a collection of documents about the Linux memory management (mm) +subsystem. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, +see the :ref:`memory-allocation`. User guides for MM features ===========================