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authorMatthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>2022-05-07 14:49:47 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2022-05-09 16:41:24 -0600
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mm,doc: Add new documentation structure
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> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220507134947.444287-1-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/bootmem.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/index.rst40
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/oom.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page_allocation.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page_cache.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page_reclaim.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page_tables.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/physical_memory.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/process_addrs.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/shmfs.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/slab.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/swap.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/vmalloc.rst5
13 files changed, 93 insertions, 7 deletions
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
+======================================