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docs/vm: hugetlbpage: move section about kernel development to hugetlbfs_reserv 

The hugetlbpage describes hugetlbfs from the user perspective and newer
hugetlbfs_reserv document targets kernel developers. Hence the section
about hugetlbfs kernel development naturally belongs there.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Mike Rapoport 2018-04-18 11:07:45 +03:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -583,5 +583,13 @@ of cpusets or memory policy there is no guarantee that huge pages will be
available on the required nodes. This is true even if there are a sufficient
number of global reservations.
Hugetlbfs regression testing
============================
The most complete set of hugetlb tests are in the libhugetlbfs repository.
If you modify any hugetlb related code, use the libhugetlbfs test suite
to check for regressions. In addition, if you add any new hugetlb
functionality, please add appropriate tests to libhugetlbfs.
--
Mike Kravetz, 7 April 2017

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@ -379,11 +379,3 @@ The `libhugetlbfs`_ library provides a wide range of userspace tools
to help with huge page usability, environment setup, and control.
.. _libhugetlbfs: https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs
Kernel development regression testing
=====================================
The most complete set of hugetlb tests are in the libhugetlbfs repository.
If you modify any hugetlb related code, use the libhugetlbfs test suite
to check for regressions. In addition, if you add any new hugetlb
functionality, please add appropriate tests to libhugetlbfs.