From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABCDE78F3A; Wed, 2 Sep 2026 08:10:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788336621; cv=none; b=hKy4X04+kkyo9eP0onfbJKERmVog4tdDZGBsJKVq4nTfWRhVwfSNnhkKIzHWGPTHuRSwqFyx7zCy7BdbY9cKZ0mo4DMNrr/CxRkTNtU1N0cdhTBesvUlAY28BkT0f/SZluc+NKXu0WoORiqoc0JVYLgV26ngpNnOf18T+1IxIiI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788336621; c=relaxed/simple; bh=DXWq8zxGd1oUXBpDYZRfBgWyt8SHN5Iotedx30lle0o=; h=From:Subject:Date:Message-Id:MIME-Version:Content-Type:To:Cc; b=bNSQO/o4raVaT9TzCo1KzumUGTA7uFJrPnRzG/1POOACHdCDw5E490iNz0Pi9nrF+bhSleGWXBQWqzQYDSOyMP1jxggKTrtZvRtTwQJ90/T1QOGFyo3f6umRMh/4EQTBbSsIa0Kx08CGWeRJ3tZfjtWRAljh5Lff68qV/572ItA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=hnjdeSs/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="hnjdeSs/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED9961F000E9; Wed, 2 Sep 2026 08:10:16 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1788336620; bh=KVRjFVx2THf+2ab6VEX/XQsEUUMQI8nKJ9zQDxApLGE=; h=From:Subject:Date:To:Cc; b=hnjdeSs/p4PWgxfb+1oVsPk4hv29rMGmEMQa1vgOsY7FgAN1zhG7T3q9tZvhSc7yY kSfJHQFL7NDeYDjK1mADjQQF9wO85gLX3iKV4AalgnH7qx830JWnU/4p9ofbD9PjQq n2NAbtjBlNzAo+Td4zTW/raE0/oK3t/YWkyjqitIz7sPHdXXoZOVLyRHPJM7KhVekt DjQ8+RoTMJ0xStk+bA3SAKsUw1634VGU1rLWGNFwIuCkZ+nO4PbtlANHkvvcd/JFBm 96ujyMjiLUVPsY+oSq9y/hGY9KRpgVt7iQK51Zf8xeIJ1w2yBkYHPQXdf4Vt3nGLMB OVjFGjhaDMI0g== From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] docs/core-api: memory-allocation: add k[mz]alloc_obj() and clarify kmalloc Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:10:10 +0300 Message-Id: <20260902-docs-memalloc-guide-v2-0-218c1a4dcb80@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAAAAAAAC/32Oyw6CMBBFf8V0bZXWysOV/2FY9DHCKLRmCkRD+ Hcp7l2ee2dO7swiEEJkl93MCCaMGPwKcr9jttW+AY5uZSYzmWflSXAXbOQ99LrrguXNiA64s8q ZSjmnq5ytny+CO743663+cRzNA+yQVOnC6AjckPa2TVEgbNAfex0HoNS3GIdAn23WJJLn/4JJ8 IyfVVGI0spCWXF9AnnoDoEaVi/L8gW04Dyu6QAAAA== X-Change-ID: 20260831-docs-memalloc-guide-dc4db94dda96 To: Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" , Lorenzo Stoakes , Michal Hocko , Mike Rapoport , Randy Dunlap , SJ Park , Shuah Khan , Suren Baghdasaryan , Vlastimil Babka , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org X-Mailer: b4 0.17-dev Update hte memory-allocation guide to describe k[mz]alloc_obj() and clarify description of kmalloc() size limitations. And when I realized that get_maintainers.pl does not list any of mm people for that patch I added the MAINTAINERS update as well :) --- v2 changes: * update kmalloc limit phrasing as Vlastimil suggested * make sure changelog matches the changes for MAINTAINERS update * fix grammar and spelling * add tags, thanks everyone! v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260831-docs-memalloc-guide-v1-0-547718c274c1@kernel.org --- Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) (2): docs/core-api: memory-allocation: add k[mz]alloc_obj() and clarify kmalloc MAINTAINERS: add memory related docs in core-mm/ to MM - MISC section Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++------- MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935 change-id: 20260831-docs-memalloc-guide-dc4db94dda96 -- Sincerely yours, Mike.