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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Link the memory allocation guide from the MM docs
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:34:34 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181119163433.GB13200@rapoport-lnx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181119160049.GC394@bombadil.infradead.org>

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:00:49AM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 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 <willy@infradead.org>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>

> 
> 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
>  ===========================
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.


  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-19 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-19 16:00 [PATCH] Link the memory allocation guide from the MM docs Matthew Wilcox
2018-11-19 16:34 ` Mike Rapoport [this message]
2018-11-20 16:18 ` Jonathan Corbet

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