Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst index b5913aa..3d2a7ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst @@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ User Space Memory Access .. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c :functions: get_user_pages_fast +Memory Allocation Controls +========================== + +Linux provides a variety of APIs for memory allocation from direct +calls to page allocator through slab caches and vmalloc to allocators +of compressed memory. Although these allocators have different +semantics and are used in different circumstances, they all share the +GFP (get free page) flags that control behavior of each allocation +request. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h + :doc: Page mobility and placement hints + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h + :doc: Watermark modifiers + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h + :doc: Reclaim modifiers + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h + :doc: Common combinations + The Slab Cache ============== -- 2.7.4