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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:59:53 -0700
From:	Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<joern@...estorage.com>
Cc:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: update libhugetlbfs location and use for testing

The URL for libhugetlbfs has changed.  Also, put a stronger emphasis
on using libgugetlbfs for hugetlb regression testing.

Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
---
 Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
index 030977f..54dd9b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
@@ -329,7 +329,14 @@ Examples
 
 3) hugepage-mmap:  see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mmap.c
 
-4) The libhugetlbfs (http://libhugetlbfs.sourceforge.net) library provides a
-   wide range of userspace tools to help with huge page usability, environment
-   setup, and control. Furthermore it provides useful test cases that should be
-   used when modifying code to ensure no regressions are introduced.
+4) The libhugetlbfs (https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs) library
+   provides a wide range of userspace tools to help with huge page usability,
+   environment setup, and control.
+
+Kernel development regression testing
+=====================================
+
+The most complete set of hugetlb tests are in the libhugetlbfs repository.
+If you modify any hugetlb related code, use the libhugetlbfs test suite
+to check for regressions.  In addition, if you add any new hugetlb
+functionality, please add appropriate tests to libhugetlbfs.
-- 
2.1.0

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