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+======================
+Memory Management APIs
+======================
+
+User Space Memory Access
+========================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/gup.c
+ :functions: get_user_pages_fast
+
+.. _mm-api-gfp-flags:
+
+Memory Allocation Controls
+==========================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
+ :doc: Page mobility and placement hints
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
+ :doc: Watermark modifiers
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
+ :doc: Reclaim modifiers
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp_types.h
+ :doc: Useful GFP flag combinations
+
+The Slab Cache
+==============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/slab.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/slab.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/slab_common.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
+ :functions: kfree_const kvmalloc_node kvfree
+
+Virtually Contiguous Mappings
+=============================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmalloc.c
+ :export:
+
+File Mapping and Page Cache
+===========================
+
+Filemap
+-------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/filemap.c
+ :export:
+
+Readahead
+---------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c
+ :doc: Readahead Overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/readahead.c
+ :export:
+
+Writeback
+---------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page-writeback.c
+ :export:
+
+Truncate
+--------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/truncate.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pagemap.h
+ :internal:
+
+Memory pools
+============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempool.c
+ :export:
+
+DMA pools
+=========
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/dmapool.c
+ :export:
+
+More Memory Management Functions
+================================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_alloc.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mempolicy.c
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm_types.h
+ :internal:
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm_inline.h
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page-flags.h
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mm.h
+ :internal:
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page_ref.h
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mmzone.h
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
+ :functions: folio_mapping
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/rmap.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/migrate.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmap.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/kmemleak.c
+.. #kernel-doc:: mm/hmm.c (build warnings)
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/memremap.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/hugetlb.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/swap.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/zpool.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/memcontrol.c
+.. #kernel-doc:: mm/memory-tiers.c (build warnings)
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/shmem.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/migrate_device.c
+.. #kernel-doc:: mm/nommu.c (duplicates kernel-doc from other files)
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
+.. #kernel-doc:: mm/memory-failure.c (build warnings)
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/percpu.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/maccess.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/vmscan.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/memory_hotplug.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/mmu_notifier.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/balloon_compaction.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/huge_memory.c
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/io-mapping.c