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2023-12-05mm/slab, docs: switch mm-api docs generation from slab.c to slub.cVlastimil Babka
The SLAB implementation is going to be removed, and mm-api.rst currently uses mm/slab.c to obtain kerneldocs for some API functions. Switch it to mm/slub.c and move the relevant kerneldocs of exported functions from one to the other. The rest of kerneldocs in slab.c is for static SLAB implementation-specific functions that don't have counterparts in slub.c and thus can be simply removed with the implementation. Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Tested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Reviewed-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com> Tested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
2023-08-24mm: add orphaned kernel-doc to the rst files.Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
There are many files in mm/ that contain kernel-doc which is not currently published on kernel.org. Some of it is easily categorisable, but most of it is going into the miscellaneous documentation section to be organised later. Some files aren't ready to be included; they contain documentation with build errors. Or they're nommu.c which duplicates documentation from "real" MMU systems. Those files are noted with a # mark (although really anything which isn't a recognised directive would do to prevent inclusion) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230818200630.2719595-5-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2022-10-03mm/page_alloc: remove obsolete gfpflags_normal_context()Miaohe Lin
Since commit dacb5d8875cc ("tcp: fix page frag corruption on page fault"), there's no caller of gfpflags_normal_context(). Remove it as this helper is strictly tied to the sk page frag usage and there won't be other user in the future. [linmiaohe@huawei.com: fix htmldocs] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1bc55727-9b66-0e9e-c306-f10c4716ea89@huawei.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220916072257.9639-16-linmiaohe@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2022-07-15headers/deps: mm: align MANITAINERS and Docs with new gfp.h structureYury Norov
After moving gfp types out of gfp.h, we have to align MAINTAINERS and Docs, to avoid warnings like this: >> include/linux/gfp.h:1: warning: 'Page mobility and placement hints' not found >> include/linux/gfp.h:1: warning: 'Watermark modifiers' not found >> include/linux/gfp.h:1: warning: 'Reclaim modifiers' not found >> include/linux/gfp.h:1: warning: 'Useful GFP flag combinations' not found Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
2022-03-22mm: document and polish read-ahead codeNeilBrown
Add some "big-picture" documentation for read-ahead and polish the code to make it fit this documentation. The meaning of ->async_size is clarified to match its name. i.e. Any request to ->readahead() has a sync part and an async part. The caller will wait for the sync pages to complete, but will not wait for the async pages. The first async page is still marked PG_readahead Note that the current function names page_cache_sync_ra() and page_cache_async_ra() are misleading. All ra request are partly sync and partly async, so either part can be empty. A page_cache_sync_ra() request will usually set ->async_size non-zero, implying it is not all synchronous. When a non-zero req_count is passed to page_cache_async_ra(), the implication is that some prefix of the request is synchronous, though the calculation made there is incorrect - I haven't tried to fix it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/164549983734.9187.11586890887006601405.stgit@noble.brown Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com> Cc: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Cc: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com> Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org> Cc: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Cc: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-09-27mm/util: Add folio_mapping() and folio_file_mapping()Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
These are the folio equivalent of page_mapping() and page_file_mapping(). Add an out-of-line page_mapping() wrapper around folio_mapping() in order to prevent the page_folio() call from bloating every caller of page_mapping(). Adjust page_file_mapping() and page_mapping_file() to use folios internally. Rename __page_file_mapping() to swapcache_mapping() and change it to take a folio. This ends up saving 122 bytes of text overall. folio_mapping() is 45 bytes shorter than page_mapping() was, but the new page_mapping() wrapper is 30 bytes. The major reduction is a few bytes less in dozens of nfs functions (which call page_file_mapping()). Most of these appear to be a slight change in gcc's register allocation decisions, which allow: 48 8b 56 08 mov 0x8(%rsi),%rdx 48 8d 42 ff lea -0x1(%rdx),%rax 83 e2 01 and $0x1,%edx 48 0f 44 c6 cmove %rsi,%rax to become: 48 8b 46 08 mov 0x8(%rsi),%rax 48 8d 78 ff lea -0x1(%rax),%rdi a8 01 test $0x1,%al 48 0f 44 fe cmove %rsi,%rdi for a reduction of a single byte. Once the NFS client is converted to use folios, this entire sequence will disappear. Also add folio_mapping() documentation. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2021-09-27mm/lru: Add folio LRU functionsMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Handle arbitrary-order folios being added to the LRU. By definition, all pages being added to the LRU were already head or base pages, but call page_folio() on them anyway to get the type right and avoid the buried calls to compound_head(). Saves 783 bytes of kernel text; no functions grow. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
2021-09-27mm: Add folio reference count functionsMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
These functions mirror their page reference counterparts. Also add the kernel-doc to the mm-api and correct the return type of page_ref_add_unless() to bool. No change to generated code. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
2021-09-27mm: Introduce struct folioMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
A struct folio is a new abstraction to replace the venerable struct page. A function which takes a struct folio argument declares that it will operate on the entire (possibly compound) page, not just PAGE_SIZE bytes. In return, the caller guarantees that the pointer it is passing does not point to a tail page. No change to generated code. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
2021-04-30mm/mmzone.h: fix existing kernel-doc comments and link them to core-apiMike Rapoport
There are a couple of kernel-doc comments in include/linux/mmzone.h but they have minor formatting issues that would cause kernel-doc warnings. Fix the formatting of those comments, add missing Return: descriptions and link include/linux/mmzone.h to Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210426141927.1314326-2-rppt@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-04-30mm/mempolicy: fix mpol_misplaced kernel-docMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Sphinx interprets the Return section as a list and complains about it. Turn it into a sentence and move it to the end of the kernel-doc to fit the kernel-doc style. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210225150642.2582252-8-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-04-30mm/doc: add mm.h and mm_types.h to the mm-api documentMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
kerneldoc in include/linux/mm.h and include/linux/mm_types.h wasn't being included in the html build. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210322195022.2143603-4-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-02-24mm/gfp: add kernel-doc for gfp_tMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
The generated html will link to the definition of the gfp_t automatically once we define it. Move the one-paragraph overview of GFP flags from the documentation directory into gfp.h and pull gfp.h into the documentation. This generates warnings with clang (https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210219195509.GA59987@24bbad8f3778), so use a #if 0 to hide it from the compiler for now. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210215204909.3824509-1-willy@infradead.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210220003049.GZ2858050@casper.infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-04-02mm: add pagemap.h to the fine documentationMatthew Wilcox (Oracle)
The documentation currently does not include the deathless prose written to describe functions in pagemap.h because it's not included in any rst file. Fix up the mismatches between parameter names and the documentation and add the file to mm-api. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200221220045.24989-1-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-10-07docs: Catch up with the new location of get_user_pages_fast()Jonathan Corbet
Commit 050a9adc6438 ("mm: consolidate the get_user_pages* implementations") moved get_user_pages_fast() from mm/util.c to mm/gup.c, but didn't update the documentation, leading to this build warning: ./mm/util.c:1: warning: 'get_user_pages_fast' not found Update the docs to match the new reality. Fixes: 050a9adc6438 ("mm: consolidate the get_user_pages* implementations") Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-01-14docs/core-api/mm: fix GFP combinations section nameMike Rapoport
Fix the mismatch between "Useful GFP flag combinations" section naming in the DOC: section in include/linux/gfp.h and Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst. This brings in the documentation, and eliminates one warning: ./include/linux/gfp.h:1: warning: no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> [jc: tweaked changelog] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-20docs/mm-api: link slab_common.c to "The Slab Cache" sectionMike Rapoport
Several functions in mm/slab_common.c have kernel-doc comments, it makes perfect sense to link them to the MM API reference. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06docs/core-api: make mm-api.rst more structuredMike Rapoport
The mm-api.rst covers variety of memory management APIs under "More Memory Management Functions" section. The descriptions included there are in a random order there are quite a few of them which makes the section too long. Regrouping the documentation by subject and splitting the long "More Memory Management Functions" section into several smaller sections makes the generated html more usable. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-09-20docs: core-api/mm-api: add a lable for GFP flags sectionMike Rapoport
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-08-23docs/core-api: mm-api: add section about GFP flagsMike Rapoport
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1532626360-16650-8-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-23docs/core-api: split memory management API to a separate fileMike Rapoport
This is basically copy-paste of the memory management section from kernel-api.rst with some minor adjustments: * The "User Space Memory Access" is moved to the beginning * The get_user_pages_fast reference is now a part of "User Space Memory Access" * And, of course, headings are adjusted with section being promoted to chapters Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1532626360-16650-6-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>