linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs/vm: add documentation of memory models

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Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:22:40 +0300
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/vm: add documentation of memory models

Hi Randy,

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 06:08:46PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 4/24/19 3:28 AM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > Describe what {FLAT,DISCONTIG,SPARSE}MEM are and how they manage to
> > maintain pfn <-> struct page correspondence.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/vm/index.rst        |   1 +
> >  Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 172 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst
> > 
> 
> Hi Mike,
> I have a few minor edits below...

I kinda expected those ;-)

> > diff --git a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst b/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..914c52a
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst

...

> > +
> > +With FLATMEM, the conversion between a PFN and the `struct page` is
> > +straightforward: `PFN - ARCH_PFN_OFFSET` is an index to the
> > +`mem_map` array.
> > +
> > +The `ARCH_PFN_OFFSET` defines the first page frame number for
> > +systems that their physical memory does not start at 0.
> 
> s/that/when/ ?  Seems awkward as is.

Yeah, it is awkward. How about

The `ARCH_PFN_OFFSET` defines the first page frame number for
systems with physical memory starting at address different from 0.

> > +
> > +DISCONTIGMEM
> > +============
> > +
> 
> thanks.
> -- 
> ~Randy
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.