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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
	John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm,doc: Add new documentation structure
Date: Sat,  7 May 2022 14:49:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220507134947.444287-1-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>
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
---
 Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst         |  5 ++++
 Documentation/vm/index.rst           | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 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, 93 insertions(+), 7 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..e72736d53604 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
@@ -2,12 +2,39 @@
 Linux Memory Management Documentation
 =====================================
 
-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>`.
+Memory Management Guide
+=======================
+
+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
+
+Legacy Documentation
+====================
+
+This is a collection of older 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.  It should all be integrated nicely into the
+above structured documentation, or deleted if it has served its purpose.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
@@ -18,7 +45,6 @@ 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



             reply	other threads:[~2022-05-07 13:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-07 13:49 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) [this message]
2022-05-09 21:50 ` [PATCH v2] mm,doc: Add new documentation structure Jonathan Corbet
2022-05-09 22:08   ` Matthew Wilcox
2022-05-09 22:40     ` Jonathan Corbet
2022-05-11  8:38 ` Mike Rapoport

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