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authorSeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>2023-01-10 22:03:56 +0300
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-03 09:32:51 +0300
commit9a47c411ccddf843812dbbff707bd45e3bc83f40 (patch)
tree998208f2bcbe7cf909e338d3d23d9a4e6b818304
parent86834644e3c9301ccd28df1293c37306a6332f3b (diff)
downloadlinux-9a47c411ccddf843812dbbff707bd45e3bc83f40.tar.xz
Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: update DAMOS actions/filters supports of each DAMON operations set
Supports of each DAMOS action and filters are up to DAMON operations set implementation, but it's not mentioned in detail on the documentation. Update the information on the usage document. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230110190400.119388-5-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst41
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
index 3d82ca6a17ff..9237d6a25897 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -279,14 +279,25 @@ The ``action`` file is for setting and getting what action you want to apply to
memory regions having specific access pattern of the interest. The keywords
that can be written to and read from the file and their meaning are as below.
- - ``willneed``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_WILLNEED``
- - ``cold``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLD``
- - ``pageout``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_PAGEOUT``
- - ``hugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_HUGEPAGE``
- - ``nohugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE``
+Note that support of each action depends on the running DAMON operations set
+`implementation <sysfs_contexts>`.
+
+ - ``willneed``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_WILLNEED``.
+ Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set.
+ - ``cold``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLD``.
+ Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set.
+ - ``pageout``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_PAGEOUT``.
+ Supported by ``vaddr``, ``fvaddr`` and ``paddr`` operations set.
+ - ``hugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_HUGEPAGE``.
+ Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set.
+ - ``nohugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE``.
+ Supported by ``vaddr`` and ``fvaddr`` operations set.
- ``lru_prio``: Prioritize the region on its LRU lists.
+ Supported by ``paddr`` operations set.
- ``lru_deprio``: Deprioritize the region on its LRU lists.
- - ``stat``: Do nothing but count the statistics
+ Supported by ``paddr`` operations set.
+ - ``stat``: Do nothing but count the statistics.
+ Supported by all operations sets.
schemes/<N>/access_pattern/
---------------------------
@@ -388,8 +399,8 @@ pages of all memory cgroups except ``/having_care_already``.::
echo /having_care_already > 1/memcg_path
echo N > 1/matching
-Note that filters could be ignored depend on the running DAMON operations set
-`implementation <sysfs_contexts>`.
+Note that filters are currently supported only when ``paddr``
+`implementation <sysfs_contexts>` is being used.
.. _sysfs_schemes_stats:
@@ -618,11 +629,15 @@ The ``<action>`` is a predefined integer for memory management actions, which
DAMON will apply to the regions having the target access pattern. The
supported numbers and their meanings are as below.
- - 0: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_WILLNEED``
- - 1: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLD``
- - 2: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_PAGEOUT``
- - 3: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_HUGEPAGE``
- - 4: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE``
+ - 0: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_WILLNEED``. Ignored if
+ ``target`` is ``paddr``.
+ - 1: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLD``. Ignored if
+ ``target`` is ``paddr``.
+ - 2: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_PAGEOUT``.
+ - 3: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_HUGEPAGE``. Ignored if
+ ``target`` is ``paddr``.
+ - 4: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE``. Ignored if
+ ``target`` is ``paddr``.
- 5: Do nothing but count the statistics
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