====================== 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/slab.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:

DMA pools

.. kernel-doc:: mm/dmapool.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/zpool.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_compaction.c .. kernel-doc:: mm/huge_memory.c .. kernel-doc:: mm/io-mapping.c