linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] Docs/mm/index: move allocation profiling document to unsorted documents chapter

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Message-ID: <CAJuCfpF0+JzuFMUVrit7QOReCL3H69Ek4KGaPkMCQ3O284paNQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 19:36:09 -0700
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Docs/mm/index: move allocation profiling document to
 unsorted documents chapter

On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 7:18 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 7/3/24 7:10 PM, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:18:42 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> The memory allocation profiling document was added to the bottom of the
> >>>> new outline.  Apparently it was not decided by well-defined guidelines
> >>>> or a thorough discussions.  Rather than that, it was added there just
> >>>> because there was no place for such unsorted documents.  Now there is
> >>>> the chapter.  Move the document to the new place.
> >>>
> >>> I'll take this for now, but it's truly sad to see new documentation
> >>> being added to the slushpile at the end.  It seems better to create a
> >>> "development tools" section in the new outline and put the allocation
> >>> profiling document there?
> >>
> >> I have no strong opinions about that.  Cc-ing Suren and Kent, as they are the
> >> author of the allocation profiling document and hence might have some opinion.
> >
> > IMHO if this would be the only document belonging to "development
> > tools" then keeping it under unsorted is fine.
> > If more documents will fall into that category then Jonathan's
> > suggestion makes sense to me. Looking at the current list, page_owner
> > and maybe damon might be considered for this category as well.
> > SeongJae, WDYT?
> > Thanks,
> > Suren.
> >
>
> Documentation/dev-tools/ already contains 20 files.
> Unless you want to keep it under Documentation/mm/, that is.

I think it belongs more to mm than dev-tools TBH.

>
> --
> ~Randy