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| author | SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> | 2023-08-02 23:43:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-08-21 22:37:37 +0200 |
| commit | 08ad3bb3edc08b64762dadbfee5bd00143d7f40e (patch) | |
| tree | 2214c8312a019c3b01facc375845a149d3922cf9 /Documentation | |
| parent | selftests/damon/sysfs: test damon_target filter (diff) | |
| download | linux-08ad3bb3edc08b64762dadbfee5bd00143d7f40e.tar.xz linux-08ad3bb3edc08b64762dadbfee5bd00143d7f40e.zip | |
Docs/mm/damon/design: update for DAMON monitoring target type DAMOS filter
Update DAMON design document for the newly added DAMON monitoring target
type DAMOS filter.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230802214312.110532-12-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst | 33 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst index 134912166f5a..a20383d01a95 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst @@ -380,21 +380,24 @@ number of filters for each scheme. Each filter specifies the type of target memory, and whether it should exclude the memory of the type (filter-out), or all except the memory of the type (filter-in). -Currently, anonymous page, memory cgroup, and address range type filters are -supported by the feature. Some filter target types can require additional -arguments. For example, the memory cgroup filter type asks users to specify -the file path of the memory cgroup for the filter, while the address range type -asks the start and end addresses of the range. Hence, users can apply specific -schemes to only anonymous pages, non-anonymous pages, pages of specific -cgroups, all pages excluding those of specific cgroups, pages in specific -address range, and any combination of those. - -To handle filters efficiently, the address range type filter is handled by the -core layer, while others are handled by operations set. If a memory region is -filtered by the core layer-handled filter, it is not counted as the scheme has -tried to the region. In contrast, if a memory regions is filtered by an -operations set layer-handled filter, it is counted as the scheme has tried. -The difference in accounting leads to changes in the statistics. +Currently, anonymous page, memory cgroup, address range, and DAMON monitoring +target type filters are supported by the feature. Some filter target types +require additional arguments. The memory cgroup filter type asks users to +specify the file path of the memory cgroup for the filter. The address range +type asks the start and end addresses of the range. The DAMON monitoring +target type asks the index of the target from the context's monitoring targets +list. Hence, users can apply specific schemes to only anonymous pages, +non-anonymous pages, pages of specific cgroups, all pages excluding those of +specific cgroups, pages in specific address range, pages in specific DAMON +monitoring targets, and any combination of those. + +To handle filters efficiently, the address range and DAMON monitoring target +type filters are handled by the core layer, while others are handled by +operations set. If a memory region is filtered by a core layer-handled filter, +it is not counted as the scheme has tried to the region. In contrast, if a +memory regions is filtered by an operations set layer-handled filter, it is +counted as the scheme has tried. The difference in accounting leads to changes +in the statistics. Application Programming Interface |