From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oi0-f70.google.com (mail-oi0-f70.google.com [209.85.218.70]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5FCA8E0001 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:29:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-oi0-f70.google.com with SMTP id t3-v6so7399177oif.20 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:29:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com. [148.163.158.5]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w65-v6si8873640otb.455.2018.09.19.21.29.39 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:29:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pps.filterd (m0098419.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w8K4Sld0056503 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:29:38 -0400 Received: from e06smtp05.uk.ibm.com (e06smtp05.uk.ibm.com [195.75.94.101]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2mm3yw95sh-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:29:38 -0400 Received: from localhost by e06smtp05.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:29:37 +0100 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:29:30 +0300 From: Mike Rapoport Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] docs/core-api: add memory allocation guide References: <1536917278-31191-1-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: <1536917278-31191-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Message-Id: <20180920042930.GA19495@rapoport-lnx> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Michal Hocko , Randy Dunlap , Vlastimil Babka , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ping? On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 12:27:55PM +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. > > v3 -> v4: > * make GFP_*USER* description less confusing > > v2 -> v3: > * s/HW/hardware > > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg55542.html > > 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 | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 2 + > 4 files changed, 127 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst > > -- > 2.7.4 > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.