From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: [PATCH 5/7] docs/admin-guide: introduce basic index for mm documentation Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:07:48 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1524038870-413-6-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1524038870-413-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index 5bb9161..cac906f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. pm/index thunderbolt LSM/index + mm/index .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c47c16e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +================= +Memory Management +================= + +Linux memory management subsystem is responsible, as the name implies, +for managing the memory in the system. This includes implemnetation of +virtual memory and demand paging, memory allocation both for kernel +internal structures and user space programms, mapping of files into +processes address space and many other cool things. + +Linux memory management is a complex system with many configurable +settings. Most of these settings are available via ``/proc`` +filesystem and can be quired and adjusted using ``sysctl``. These APIs +are described in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt and in `man 5 proc`_. + +.. _man 5 proc: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html + +Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in +the Linux memory management. -- 2.7.4
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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: [PATCH 5/7] docs/admin-guide: introduce basic index for mm documentation Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:07:48 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1524038870-413-6-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1524038870-413-1-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index 5bb9161..cac906f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. pm/index thunderbolt LSM/index + mm/index .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c47c16e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +================= +Memory Management +================= + +Linux memory management subsystem is responsible, as the name implies, +for managing the memory in the system. This includes implemnetation of +virtual memory and demand paging, memory allocation both for kernel +internal structures and user space programms, mapping of files into +processes address space and many other cool things. + +Linux memory management is a complex system with many configurable +settings. Most of these settings are available via ``/proc`` +filesystem and can be quired and adjusted using ``sysctl``. These APIs +are described in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt and in `man 5 proc`_. + +.. _man 5 proc: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html + +Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in +the Linux memory management. -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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