Documentation/page_tables: Add info about MMU/TLB and Page Faults
authorFabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:19:34 +0000 (13:19 +0200)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:35:55 +0000 (13:35 -0600)
commit4d83d5cdfa1251bea0b88b15f8ad676a83275c11
tree6b2017427718b2e28013cd960a8fed5d9498912d
parentf00c19c67a49f683e6a3aa19f546c37cf9344508
Documentation/page_tables: Add info about MMU/TLB and Page Faults

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
Documentation/mm/page_tables.rst