From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (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 2C2BC1386DA for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:06:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773673570; cv=none; b=e23U6tF+8XMUhkIth5O9LJYXiqPM0+mtJx75GizkNtOxOjAeeT585YX+fCEuzIgTcgcHaqrx8De8AdSnre7OBx3III9ToAEu0tNpx7cMQ+zmeyezLYkc9hzEtufQYqDhlHaVuMSDQNceJacvoctaskeMQPsWIVGH69iQpVAJ1Z0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773673570; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Ltk04OADJTCs9chVxsm0NzuzOhJQXzUEZn95j9D3/pw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=l2mBn9PDhyM19bXo49eaVzx/rkffUTQvcZoyhJLsk9wknZi/fWmrllrKStJw8TazcA9af2RWX2ZKAR8BH4vg4qgx/sXFSvnJS3hF2F9fR9epJEOCyB9SsQDTqvuoJ/v9menhOJ/7BcENjsHsYWJtrWIs4IdNTlQiqhXfM3NRk/o= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=E8l7JUDI; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="E8l7JUDI" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 35DF6411F8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1773673568; bh=HcoFzXqKGZ4VRsUqh4N3hkFYaxdhCFRCFiU1h19xJPQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=E8l7JUDI1f6yvu+pkh2/I8K3sWJ/9xBp565u1RQ73Z/RxP9mvn/L+GBVi0oomUVtG G46+dbflomkdYax2uWBLoxPJxtEjEy3IsALd7H8Znt6UCdiya2WpCIlcKcF/HrqIx7 T63QjXI3HvjOg+UvMh1PVGMN82XSt6ZlBJPqZR24KmJ4A1+7SZa9CAa+EBSAt0y4yh 72ydQLOcQMtmvWtA/ZD5gtYdXsek3ClGmvd+qK2m9ITU/rCRBSoaJhhiuWfdm9rbNZ akuRJLIivjMTWYpafuyQsvYqarif2AZ+QmCsk5AjtFVAFf1DvyMygGBfmdIfHDmj1Y YuJsAhKCkeKow== Received: from localhost (c-71-229-227-126.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.229.227.126]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 35DF6411F8; Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:06:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" , Michal Hocko Cc: Kit Dallege , akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs/mm: document the OOM killer In-Reply-To: <31744315-bf9e-4d9a-9c25-63eef0bd2f01@lucifer.local> References: <20260314152518.100194-1-xaum.io@gmail.com> <31744315-bf9e-4d9a-9c25-63eef0bd2f01@lucifer.local> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:06:07 -0600 Message-ID: <87bjgnizkw.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" writes: > I wonder if some of us (I realise this sounds like self volunteering) > should just write up some bare bones and patch it in, then we can get the > iterating part of things moving? That, of course, was the theory behind the addition of the skeleton documentation that's there now :) I have also thought about trying to fill it in once a bit of spare time opens up. Funny how that tends not to happen, but I still would like to do that at some point. Michal's question, though, is something that needs a good answer: who is the audience for Documentation/mm/ ? Some of the stuff in the patch under discussion, if it were to reach an acceptable point, is probably better placed in the admin guide. OTOH, a manual firmly aimed at people trying to understand the MM code itself makes sense to me. Thanks, jon