linux/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) 25b48b4cdf mm: rename balloon_compaction.(c|h) to balloon.(c|h)
Even without CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION this infrastructure implements
basic list and page management for a memory balloon.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260119230133.3551867-21-david@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@redhat.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Jerrin Shaji George <jerrin.shaji-george@broadcom.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31 14:22:35 -08:00

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======================
Memory Management APIs
======================
User Space Memory Access
========================
.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
:internal:
.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
:export:
.. kernel-doc:: mm/gup.c
:functions: get_user_pages_fast
.. _mm-api-gfp-flags:
Memory Allocation Controls
==========================
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
:doc: Page mobility and placement hints
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
:doc: Watermark modifiers
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
:doc: Reclaim modifiers
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
:doc: Useful GFP flag combinations
The Slab Cache
==============
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/slab.h
:internal:
.. kernel-doc:: mm/slub.c
:export:
.. kernel-doc:: mm/slab_common.c
:export:
.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
:functions: kfree_const kvmalloc_node kvfree
Virtually Contiguous Mappings
=============================
.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmalloc.c
:export:
File Mapping and Page Cache
===========================
Filemap
-------
.. kernel-doc:: mm/filemap.c
:export:
Readahead
---------
.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c
:doc: Readahead Overview
.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c
:export:
Writeback
---------
.. kernel-doc:: mm/page-writeback.c
:export:
Truncate
--------
.. kernel-doc:: mm/truncate.c
:export:
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pagemap.h
:internal:
Memory pools
============
.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempool.c
:export:
More Memory Management Functions
================================
.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory.c
:export:
.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_alloc.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempolicy.c
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm_types.h
:internal:
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm_inline.h
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page-flags.h
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm.h
:internal:
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page_ref.h
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mmzone.h
.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
:functions: folio_mapping
.. kernel-doc:: mm/rmap.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/migrate.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmap.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/kmemleak.c
.. #kernel-doc:: mm/hmm.c (build warnings)
.. kernel-doc:: mm/memremap.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/hugetlb.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/swap.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/memcontrol.c
.. #kernel-doc:: mm/memory-tiers.c (build warnings)
.. kernel-doc:: mm/shmem.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/migrate_device.c
.. #kernel-doc:: mm/nommu.c (duplicates kernel-doc from other files)
.. kernel-doc:: mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
.. #kernel-doc:: mm/memory-failure.c (build warnings)
.. kernel-doc:: mm/percpu.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/maccess.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmscan.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory_hotplug.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmu_notifier.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/balloon.c
.. kernel-doc:: mm/huge_memory.c