From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mm,doc: Add new documentation structure
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 07:30:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220503063032.3680308-1-willy@infradead.org> (raw)
Closely following the outline of Mel Gorman's book "Understanding the
Linux Virtual Memory Manager", add a new outline. Preserve the current
contents of the mm underneath the new outline so we can transition those
documents to a more sensible place later.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
---
Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/index.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
Documentation/vm/oom.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/slab.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/swap.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst | 5 +++++
13 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/oom.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/slab.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/swap.rst
create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst b/Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb2b31eedfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===========
+Boot Memory
+===========
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/index.rst b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
index 44365c4574a3..bc495a846871 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
@@ -2,12 +2,32 @@
Linux Memory Management Documentation
=====================================
+This is a guide to understanding the memory management subsystem
+of Linux. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory,
+see the :ref:`memory_allocation`. For controlling and tuning guides,
+see the :doc:`admin guide <../admin-guide/mm/index>`.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ physical_memory
+ page_tables
+ process_addrs
+ bootmem
+ page_allocation
+ vmalloc
+ slab
+ highmem
+ page_reclaim
+ swap
+ page_cache
+ shmfs
+ oom
+
This is a collection of documents about the Linux memory management (mm)
subsystem internals with different level of details ranging from notes and
mailing list responses for elaborating descriptions of data structures and
-algorithms. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, see the
-:ref:`memory_allocation`. For controlling and tuning guides, see the
-:doc:`admin guide <../admin-guide/mm/index>`.
+algorithms.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
@@ -18,7 +38,6 @@ algorithms. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, see the
damon/index
free_page_reporting
frontswap
- highmem
hmm
hwpoison
hugetlbfs_reserv
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/oom.rst b/Documentation/vm/oom.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18e9e40c1ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/oom.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+======================
+Out Of Memory Handling
+======================
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9b4495561f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===============
+Page Allocation
+===============
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75eba7c431b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==========
+Page Cache
+==========
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50a30b7f8ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+============
+Page Reclaim
+============
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst b/Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96939571d7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===========
+Page Tables
+===========
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst b/Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ab7b8c1c863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===============
+Physical Memory
+===============
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst b/Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8618fbc62c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=================
+Process Addresses
+=================
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst b/Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b01ebb4c30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========================
+Shared Memory Filesystem
+========================
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slab.rst b/Documentation/vm/slab.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87d5a5bb172f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/slab.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===============
+Slab Allocation
+===============
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/swap.rst b/Documentation/vm/swap.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78819bd4d745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/swap.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+====
+Swap
+====
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst b/Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..363fe20d6b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+======================================
+Virtually Contiguous Memory Allocation
+======================================
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2022-05-03 6:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-03 6:30 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) [this message]
2022-05-04 6:30 ` [PATCH] mm,doc: Add new documentation structure Bagas Sanjaya
2022-05-04 16:58 ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-05-04 13:12 ` John Hubbard
2022-05-04 17:01 ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-05-04 20:29 ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-05-05 0:39 ` John Hubbard
2022-05-05 4:43 ` Randy Dunlap
2022-05-05 4:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-05-06 21:10 ` Johannes Weiner
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