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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst index be726986ff75..af8151db88b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst @@ -19,22 +19,16 @@ User Space Memory Access Memory Allocation Controls ========================== -Functions which need to allocate memory often use GFP flags to express -how that memory should be allocated. The GFP acronym stands for "get -free pages", the underlying memory allocation function. Not every GFP -flag is allowed to every function which may allocate memory. Most -users will want to use a plain ``GFP_KERNEL``. - -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h :doc: Page mobility and placement hints -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h :doc: Watermark modifiers -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h :doc: Reclaim modifiers -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h :doc: Useful GFP flag combinations The Slab Cache @@ -43,7 +37,7 @@ The Slab Cache .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/slab.h :internal: -.. kernel-doc:: mm/slab.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/slub.c :export: .. kernel-doc:: mm/slab_common.c @@ -61,18 +55,36 @@ Virtually Contiguous Mappings File Mapping and Page Cache =========================== -.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c - :export: +Filemap +------- .. kernel-doc:: mm/filemap.c :export: +Readahead +--------- + +.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c + :doc: Readahead Overview + +.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c + :export: + +Writeback +--------- + .. kernel-doc:: mm/page-writeback.c :export: +Truncate +-------- + .. kernel-doc:: mm/truncate.c :export: +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pagemap.h + :internal: + Memory pools ============ @@ -92,3 +104,39 @@ More Memory Management Functions :export: .. kernel-doc:: mm/page_alloc.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempolicy.c +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm_types.h + :internal: +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm_inline.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page-flags.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm.h + :internal: +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page_ref.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mmzone.h +.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c + :functions: folio_mapping + +.. kernel-doc:: mm/rmap.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/migrate.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmap.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/kmemleak.c +.. #kernel-doc:: mm/hmm.c (build warnings) +.. kernel-doc:: mm/memremap.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/hugetlb.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/swap.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/zpool.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/memcontrol.c +.. #kernel-doc:: mm/memory-tiers.c (build warnings) +.. kernel-doc:: mm/shmem.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/migrate_device.c +.. #kernel-doc:: mm/nommu.c (duplicates kernel-doc from other files) +.. kernel-doc:: mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c +.. #kernel-doc:: mm/memory-failure.c (build warnings) +.. kernel-doc:: mm/percpu.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/maccess.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmscan.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory_hotplug.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmu_notifier.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/balloon_compaction.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/huge_memory.c +.. kernel-doc:: mm/io-mapping.c |