Re: [PATCH] mm,doc: Add new documentation structure

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On 5/4/22 13:29, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 06:12:09AM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
>> This needs to be properly merged with the existing index. Otherwise
>> the result here is very confusing because there are two summaries
>> and no explanation of what is going on here.
>>
>> If I get a moment today, I'll take a quick shot at at merging them,
>> and post some suggestions here, but just wanted to point that out
>> before this goes in as-is.
> 
> John and I have chatted to understand what he was getting at here,
> but haven't had a chance to review this change in-person yet.
> 
> +++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
> @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
>  Linux Memory Management Documentation
>  =====================================
> 
> +Memory Management Guide
> +=======================
> +
>  This is a guide to understanding the memory management subsystem
>  of Linux.  If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory,
>  see the :ref:`memory_allocation`.  For controlling and tuning guides,
> @@ -24,10 +27,14 @@ see the :doc:`admin guide <../admin-guide/mm/index>`.
>     shmfs
>     oom
>  
> -This is a collection of documents about the Linux memory management (mm)
> -subsystem internals with different level of details ranging from notes and
> -mailing list responses for elaborating descriptions of data structures and
> -algorithms.
> +Legacy Documentation
> +====================
> +
> +This is a collection of older documents about the Linux memory management
> +(mm) subsystem internals with different level of details ranging from

I prefer (MM).
Otherwise LGTM.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.


> +notes and mailing list responses for elaborating descriptions of data
> +structures and algorithms.  It should all be integrated nicely into the
> +above structured documentation, or deleted if it has served its purpose.
>  
>  .. toctree::
>     :maxdepth: 1
> 

-- 
~Randy



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