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Extend page_tables.rst by adding a section about the role of MMU and TLB in translating between virtual addresses and physical page frames. Furthermore explain the concept behind Page Faults and how the Linux kernel handles TLB misses. Finally briefly explain how and why to disable the page faults handler. Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> Acked-by: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230818112726.6156-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
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.