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The usage of PG_reserved and how PG_reserved pages are to be treated is buried deep down in different parts of the kernel. Let's shine some light onto these details by documenting current users and expected behavior. Especially, clarify on the "Some of them might not even exist" case. These are physical memory gaps that will never be dumped as they are not marked as IORESOURCE_SYSRAM. PG_reserved does in general not hinder anybody from dumping or swapping. In some cases, these pages will not be stored in the hibernation image. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190114125903.24845-10-david@redhat.com Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@oracle.com> Cc: Miles Chen <miles.chen@mediatek.com> Cc: <yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.