Re: [PATCH 05/11] docs/mm: bootmem: add overview documentation

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

Hi,

On 06/18/2018 09:59 AM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  mm/bootmem.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
> index 76fc17e..423cb5f 100644
> --- a/mm/bootmem.c
> +++ b/mm/bootmem.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,53 @@
>  
>  #include "internal.h"
>  
> +/**
> + * DOC: bootmem overview
> + *
> + * Bootmem is a boot-time physical memory allocator and configurator.
> + *
> + * It is used early in the boot process before the page allocator is
> + * set up.
> + *
> + * The bootmem is based on the most basic of allocators, a First Fit

    * Bootmem is based on
or
    * The bootmem allocator is based on

> + * allocator which uses a bitmap to represent memory. If a bit is 1,
> + * the page is allocated and 0 if unallocated. To satisfy allocations
> + * of sizes smaller than a page, the allocator records the Page Frame
> + * Number (PFN) of the last allocation and the offset the allocation
> + * ended at. Subsequent small allocations are merged together and
> + * stored on the same page.


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~Randy