linux/Documentation
Mike Kravetz 70bc0dc578 Documentation: vm, add hugetlbfs reservation overview
Adding a brief overview of hugetlbfs reservation design and
implementation as an aid to those making code modifications in this
area.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1491586995-13085-1-git-send-email-mike.kravetz@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-05-03 15:52:11 -07:00
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ABI Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-05-02 18:24:16 -07:00
accounting tools: move accounting tool from Documentation 2016-09-23 13:07:15 -06:00
acpi A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
admin-guide Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2017-05-02 18:07:04 -07:00
aoe
arm arm: Documentation: update a path name 2017-04-20 14:06:55 -06:00
arm64 arm64: cpu_errata: Add capability to advertise Cortex-A73 erratum 858921 2017-04-07 11:22:08 +01:00
auxdisplay samples: move auxdisplay example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:52:32 -06:00
backlight
blackfin samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation 2016-10-10 07:12:02 -06:00
block block, bfq: improve responsiveness 2017-04-19 08:30:26 -06:00
blockdev remove the mg_disk driver 2017-04-14 14:00:49 -06:00
bus-devices
cdrom cdrom: Make device operations read-only 2017-02-14 08:29:56 -07:00
cgroup-v1 Merge branch 'for-4.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2017-02-27 21:41:08 -08:00
cma
connector
console
core-api docs-rst: core_api: move driver-specific stuff to drivers_api 2017-04-02 14:17:43 -06:00
cpu-freq cpufreq: User/admin documentation update and consolidation 2017-03-13 17:08:42 -06:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-05-03 08:50:52 -07:00
dev-tools scripts/spelling.txt: add "disble(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-03-09 17:01:09 -08:00
device-mapper Documentation: device-mapper: cache.txt: Fix typos 2017-03-19 09:16:07 -06:00
devicetree Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2017-05-02 18:07:04 -07:00
dmaengine dmaengine: Documentation: Fix typo in pxa_dma.txt 2016-11-14 08:14:24 +05:30
doc-guide docs-rst: automatically convert Graphviz and SVG images 2017-03-09 02:59:26 -07:00
DocBook Documentation: allow installing man pages to a user defined directory 2017-04-20 15:42:26 -06:00
driver-api Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-05-02 16:40:27 -07:00
driver-model irqdesc: Add a resource managed version of irq_alloc_descs() 2017-02-10 14:39:20 +01:00
early-userspace Documentation: Fix dead URLs to ftp.kernel.org 2017-03-29 15:46:06 -06:00
EDID
extcon extcon: int3496: Add GPIO ACPI mapping table 2017-03-22 18:29:46 +09:00
fault-injection
fb
features docs: remove all references to AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
filesystems proc: show MADV_FREE pages info in smaps 2017-05-03 15:52:08 -07:00
firmware_class firmware: revamp firmware documentation 2017-01-11 09:42:59 +01:00
fmc
fpga fpga: Add scatterlist based programming 2017-02-10 15:20:44 +01:00
frv docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
gpio gpio: random documentation update 2017-01-31 15:43:05 +01:00
gpu Less anger inducing pull request for 4.11 2017-02-23 18:58:18 -08:00
hid Documentation: hid: fix path to input bus definitions 2017-03-13 17:15:19 -06:00
hwmon drivers: hwmon: Support for ASPEED PWM/Fan tach 2017-04-10 13:12:18 -07:00
i2c i2c: i801: Add support for Intel Gemini Lake 2017-02-09 17:39:16 +01:00
ia64 selftests: move ia64 tests from Documentation/ia64 2016-09-20 09:58:12 -06:00
ide
iio iio: Documentation: Correct the path used to create triggers. 2016-10-01 00:49:58 -06:00
infiniband IB/hfi1: Document new sysfs entries for hfi1 driver 2016-10-02 08:42:19 -04:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2017-05-02 18:07:04 -07:00
ioctl docs: Fix a spelling error in ioctl-number.txt 2017-04-27 15:54:38 -06:00
isdn docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
kbuild Kconfig: Introduce the "imply" keyword 2016-11-16 09:26:33 +01:00
kdump Documentation: kdump: Add description of enable multi-cpus support 2016-09-20 18:02:54 -06:00
laptops platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add support for X1 Yoga (2016) Tablet Mode 2016-12-13 09:29:06 -08:00
leds Documentaion: leds: leds-lp55xx.txt: Fix typos 2017-03-17 13:06:14 -06:00
lightnvm lightnvm: physical block device (pblk) target 2017-04-16 10:06:33 -06:00
livepatch livepatch: allow removal of a disabled patch 2017-03-08 09:38:43 +01:00
locking locking/ww_mutex/Documentation: Update the design document 2017-01-14 11:14:55 +01:00
m68k docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
md Documentation: md: md-cluster.txt: Fix typos 2017-03-17 13:08:51 -06:00
media A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
memory-devices
metag
mic samples: move mic/mpssd example code from Documentation 2016-09-20 12:38:48 -06:00
mips
misc-devices samples: move misc-devices/mei example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:51:43 -06:00
mmc MMC core: 2017-05-02 17:34:32 -07:00
mn10300
mtd spi-nor: Add support for Intel SPI serial flash controller 2017-01-03 17:33:36 +00:00
namespaces
netlabel
networking Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-05-02 16:40:27 -07:00
nfc
nios2
nvdimm libnvdimm, btt: update the usage section in Documentation 2016-06-17 16:23:23 -07:00
nvmem
parisc
PCI pci-error-recovery: doc cleanup 2017-03-29 15:51:32 -06:00
pcmcia tools: move pcmcia crc32hash tool from Documentation 2016-09-23 13:07:27 -06:00
perf perf: add qcom l2 cache perf events driver 2017-02-08 19:32:24 +00:00
phy
platform
power A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
powerpc powerpc updates for 4.9 2016-10-07 20:19:31 -07:00
pps Doc: clarify source of jitter in USB1.1, and USB2.0 2017-01-04 14:40:52 -07:00
prctl selftests: move prctl tests from Documentation/prctl 2016-09-20 09:09:09 -06:00
process docs: process/4.Coding.rst: Fix a couple of document refs 2017-04-20 13:56:17 -06:00
pti
ptp selftests: move ptp tests from Documentation/ptp 2016-09-20 09:54:38 -06:00
rapidio rapidio/documentation/mport_cdev: add missing parameter description 2016-09-01 17:52:02 -07:00
RCU Merge branches 'doc.2017.01.15b', 'dyntick.2017.01.23a', 'fixes.2017.01.23a', 'srcu.2017.01.25a' and 'torture.2017.01.15b' into HEAD 2017-01-25 12:56:05 -08:00
s390 docs: add documentation for vfio-ccw 2017-03-31 12:55:11 +02:00
scheduler sched/Documentation: Add 'sched-pelt' tool 2017-04-14 10:26:35 +02:00
scsi scripts/spelling.txt: add "varible" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
security KEYS: add SP800-56A KDF support for DH 2017-04-04 22:33:38 +01:00
serial Documentation: rs485: Do not define manually the ioctl 2016-08-18 11:08:33 -06:00
sh
sound scripts/spelling.txt: add "followings" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
sparc Documentation/sparc: Steps for sending break on sunhv console 2017-02-23 08:27:25 -08:00
sphinx tmplcvt: make the tool more robust 2017-04-11 14:35:15 -06:00
sphinx-static This is the documentation update pull for the 4.9 merge window. 2016-10-04 13:54:07 -07:00
spi spi: spi-ep93xx: simplify GPIO chip selects 2017-02-16 20:10:26 +00:00
sysctl Replace 2 jiffies with sysctl netdev_budget_usecs to enable softirq tuning 2017-04-21 13:22:34 -04:00
target
thermal Doc/PM: Sync with intel_powerclamp code behavior 2017-04-20 15:35:03 -06:00
timers time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS 2017-02-10 11:15:08 +01:00
trace Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2017-05-02 19:09:35 -07:00
translations Documentation: Add HOWTO Japanese translation into rst based build system 2017-04-08 11:13:05 -06:00
usb A reasonably busy cycle for documentation this time around. There is a new 2017-05-02 10:21:17 -07:00
userspace-api docs: Convert unshare.txt to RST and add to the user-space API manual 2017-04-02 15:18:32 -06:00
virtual KVM/ARM Fixes for v4.11-rc6 2017-04-05 16:27:47 +02:00
vm Documentation: vm, add hugetlbfs reservation overview 2017-05-03 15:52:11 -07:00
w1
watchdog watchdog: Introduce watchdog_stop_on_unregister helper 2017-02-24 14:00:23 -08:00
wimax
x86 Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-01 23:54:56 -07:00
xtensa xtensa: cleanup MMU setup and kernel layout macros 2016-07-24 06:33:58 +03:00
.gitignore Add .pyc files to .gitignore 2016-06-30 13:07:33 -06:00
00-INDEX Documentation: move MD related doc into a separate dir 2017-02-13 09:17:53 -08:00
bcache.txt bcache: documentation formatting, edited for clarity, stripe alignment notes 2016-06-23 07:58:38 -06:00
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt
cgroup-v2.txt mm: memcontrol: provide shmem statistics 2017-05-03 15:52:08 -07:00
Changes docs: add back 'Documentation/Changes' file (as symlink) 2016-12-14 16:30:12 -08:00
circular-buffers.txt Documentation: circular-buffers: use READ_ONCE() 2016-11-16 16:17:45 -07:00
clk.txt Documentation: clk: update file names containing referenced structures 2016-08-14 12:12:36 -06:00
CodingStyle doc: re-add CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
conf.py Use sphinx.version_info directly instead of parsing 2017-03-31 09:19:37 -06:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt docs: Fix a couple typos 2017-04-27 15:54:39 -06:00
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt docs: Fix a couple typos 2017-04-27 15:54:39 -06:00
dell_rbu.txt
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO: Fix a typo 2016-09-20 17:58:46 -06:00
DMA-API.txt dma-mapping: add dma_{map,unmap}_resource 2016-09-26 22:16:41 +05:30
DMA-attributes.txt common: DMA-mapping: add DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED attribute 2017-01-19 15:56:19 +00:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt Documentation: DMA-ISA-LPC.txt 2017-02-12 15:20:07 -07:00
docutils.conf doc-rst: add docutils config file 2016-08-14 11:52:40 -06:00
dontdiff Documentation: dontdiff: Update with additional entries 2017-01-26 15:08:06 -07:00
efi-stub.txt
eisa.txt
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcc-plugins.txt gcc-plugins: update architecture list in documentation 2017-03-21 22:20:05 +11:00
highuid.txt
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
index.rst Merge branch 'user-space-api' into docs-next 2017-04-08 11:25:37 -06:00
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt Documentation: Fix a typo in IPMI.txt. 2017-01-05 15:01:54 -06:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isa.txt
isapnp.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt docs-rst: doc-guide: split the kernel-documentation.rst contents 2016-11-19 10:22:04 -07:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
kobject.txt
kprobes.txt Documentation: kprobes: Document jprobes stack copying limitations 2016-08-15 10:19:11 -06:00
kref.txt
kselftest.txt scripts/spelling.txt: add "an user" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
ldm.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
lzo.txt
mailbox.txt
Makefile samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation 2016-10-10 07:12:02 -06:00
Makefile.sphinx Add a target to check broken external links in the Documentation 2017-02-15 15:22:47 -07:00
memory-barriers.txt doc: Update control-dependencies section of memory-barriers.txt 2017-01-14 21:29:15 -08:00
memory-hotplug.txt scripts/spelling.txt: add "followings" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
men-chameleon-bus.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
ntb.txt
numastat.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt Documentation: phy: Fix repetition of word 'the' 2017-03-09 00:33:15 -07:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt pinctrl: core: Fix pinctrl_register_and_init() with pinctrl_enable() 2017-04-07 01:08:08 +02:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt
pwm.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt remoteproc: Split driver and consumer dereferencing 2016-10-02 22:50:21 -07:00
rfkill.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
siphash.txt siphash: implement HalfSipHash1-3 for hash tables 2017-01-09 13:58:57 -05:00
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
static-keys.txt docs: Fix a couple typos 2017-04-27 15:54:39 -06:00
SubmittingPatches doc: re-add CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
svga.txt
sync_file.txt Documentation: sync_file.txt: Fix typos 2017-03-17 13:03:36 -06:00
this_cpu_ops.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt: fix incorrect comparison operator 2016-12-27 13:08:42 -07:00
vfio-mediated-device.txt docs: Fix a spelling error in vfio-mediated-device.txt 2017-04-27 15:54:39 -06:00
vfio.txt
video-output.txt
xillybus.txt
xz.txt
zorro.txt docs: Fix a couple typos 2017-04-27 15:54:39 -06:00