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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst index cdd24943fbcc..71f5d2fe39b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst @@ -356,10 +356,6 @@ Read-Copy Update (RCU) .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h - -.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcutree.h - .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree.c .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst index 8954a88ff5b7..7744aa3bf2e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.. _memory-allocation: +.. _memory_allocation: ======================= Memory Allocation Guide @@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ see :c:func:`kvmalloc_node` reference documentation. Note that If you need to allocate many identical objects you can use the slab cache allocator. The cache should be set up with -:c:func:`kmem_cache_create` before it can be used. Afterwards -:c:func:`kmem_cache_alloc` and its convenience wrappers can allocate -memory from that cache. +:c:func:`kmem_cache_create` or :c:func:`kmem_cache_create_usercopy` +before it can be used. The second function should be used if a part of +the cache might be copied to the userspace. After the cache is +created :c:func:`kmem_cache_alloc` and its convenience wrappers can +allocate memory from that cache. When the allocated memory is no longer needed it must be freed. You can use :c:func:`kvfree` for the memory allocated with `kmalloc`, diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst index aa8e54b85221..128e8a721c1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ users will want to use a plain ``GFP_KERNEL``. :doc: Reclaim modifiers .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h - :doc: Common combinations + :doc: Useful GFP flag combinations The Slab Cache ============== |