linux_dsm_epyc7002/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 800c02f5d0 docs: move nommu-mmap.txt to admin-guide and rename to ReST
The nommu-mmap.txt file provides description of user visible
behaviuour. So, move it to the admin-guide.

As it is already at the ReST, also rename it.

Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3a63d1833b513700755c85bf3bda0a6c4ab56986.1592918949.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-26 11:33:35 -06:00

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=================
Memory Management
=================
Linux memory management subsystem is responsible, as the name implies,
for managing the memory in the system. This includes implemnetation of
virtual memory and demand paging, memory allocation both for kernel
internal structures and user space programms, mapping of files into
processes address space and many other cool things.
Linux memory management is a complex system with many configurable
settings. Most of these settings are available via ``/proc``
filesystem and can be quired and adjusted using ``sysctl``. These APIs
are described in Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst and in `man 5 proc`_.
.. _man 5 proc: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html
Linux memory management has its own jargon and if you are not yet
familiar with it, consider reading
:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst <mm_concepts>`.
Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in
the Linux memory management.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
concepts
cma_debugfs
hugetlbpage
idle_page_tracking
ksm
memory-hotplug
nommu-map
numa_memory_policy
numaperf
pagemap
soft-dirty
transhuge
userfaultfd