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-.. _mm_concepts:
-
=================
Concepts overview
=================
@@ -86,16 +84,15 @@ memory with the huge pages. The first one is `HugeTLB filesystem`, or
hugetlbfs. It is a pseudo filesystem that uses RAM as its backing
store. For the files created in this filesystem the data resides in
the memory and mapped using huge pages. The hugetlbfs is described at
-:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst <hugetlbpage>`.
+Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
Another, more recent, mechanism that enables use of the huge pages is
called `Transparent HugePages`, or THP. Unlike the hugetlbfs that
requires users and/or system administrators to configure what parts of
the system memory should and can be mapped by the huge pages, THP
manages such mappings transparently to the user and hence the
-name. See
-:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst <admin_guide_transhuge>`
-for more details about THP.
+name. See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more details
+about THP.
Zones
=====
@@ -125,8 +122,8 @@ processor. Each bank is referred to as a `node` and for each node Linux
constructs an independent memory management subsystem. A node has its
own set of zones, lists of free and used pages and various statistics
counters. You can find more details about NUMA in
-:ref:`Documentation/mm/numa.rst <numa>` and in
-:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst <numa_memory_policy>`.
+Documentation/mm/numa.rst` and in
+Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst.
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