linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: consolidate core subsystems

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:35:06 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: consolidate core subsystems

Hi--

On 6/22/23 00:10, Costa Shulyupin wrote:
> to make the page more organized as requested
> 
> Signed-off-by: Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst b/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
> index b67a1b65855b..8664b05777c3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/subsystem-apis.rst
> @@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
>  as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
>  needed).
>  
> +Core subsystems
> +---------------
> +
> +.. toctree::
> +   :maxdepth: 1
> +
> +   core-api/index
> +   driver-api/index
> +   mm/index
> +   power/index
> +   scheduler/index
> +   timers/index
> +   locking/index
> +

In general I am OK with this grouping, except for 2 nits:

a. I'm not sure that locking is a subsystem (it's a core API IMO).

b. I often have trouble finding "filesystems" and I think that it should be
   given a higher location in the TOC (somehow).


thanks.
-- 
~Randy