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Violators will be prosecuted; (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256) Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:34:41 -0000 Received: from b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.105.160]) by b06cxnps4076.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id wAJGYeB464946240 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:34:40 GMT Received: from b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F71A406A; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:34:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61B6A4062; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:34:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rapoport-lnx (unknown [9.148.205.9]) by b06wcsmtp001.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:34:38 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:34:34 -0800 From: Mike Rapoport To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Link the memory allocation guide from the MM docs References: <20181119160049.GC394@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181119160049.GC394@bombadil.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18111916-0016-0000-0000-000002294BD7 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18111916-0017-0000-0000-00003281805D Message-Id: <20181119163433.GB13200@rapoport-lnx> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-11-19_06:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1811190151 Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:00:49AM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > I just went looking for the memory allocation guide in the MM docs instead > of in the core API. For the benefit of the next person who makes that > mistake, link to it from the MM docs. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox Acked-by: Mike Rapoport > > diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst > index f8bb9aa120c4..8954a88ff5b7 100644 > --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst > +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst > @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ > +.. _memory-allocation: > + > ======================= > Memory Allocation Guide > ======================= > diff --git a/Documentation/vm/index.rst b/Documentation/vm/index.rst > index c4ded22197ca..2b3ab3a1ccf3 100644 > --- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst > @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ > Linux Memory Management Documentation > ===================================== > > -This is a collection of documents about Linux memory management (mm) subsystem. > +This is a collection of documents about the Linux memory management (mm) > +subsystem. If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory, > +see the :ref:`memory-allocation`. > > User guides for MM features > =========================== > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.