docs/vm: add vmalloced-kernel-stacks document
authorShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:06:26 +0000 (14:06 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:30:28 +0000 (16:30 +0200)
commit4b8fec2867c85e081c1c9f800e0ec82eff71134f
tree28f539cb914ee0e44ae9e814bf8849637b648415
parentba535c1caf3ee78aa7719e9e4b07a0dc1d153b9e
docs/vm: add vmalloced-kernel-stacks document

Add a new document to explain Virtually Mapped Kernel Stack Support.
This is a compilation of information from the code and original patch
series that introduced the Virtually Mapped Kernel Stacks feature.

This document summarizes the feature and provides details on allocation,
free, and stack overflow handling.  Provides reference to available
tests.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211215002004.47981-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/vm/index.rst
Documentation/vm/vmalloced-kernel-stacks.rst [new file with mode: 0644]