On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:57:05 +0000 SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some 'damon-dbgfs' users would want to monitor only a part of the entire > virtual memory address space. The program interface users in the kernel > space could use '->before_start()' callback or set the regions inside > the context struct as they want, but 'damon-dbgfs' users cannot. > > For the reason, this commit introduces a new debugfs file called > 'init_region'. 'damon-dbgfs' users can specify which initial monitoring > target address regions they want by writing special input to the file. > The input should describe each region in each line in the below form: > > <pid> <start address> <end address> > > Note that the regions will be updated to cover entire memory mapped > regions after a 'regions update interval' is passed. If you want the > regions to not be updated after the initial setting, you could set the > interval as a very long time, say, a few decades. > > ... > > +static int add_init_region(struct damon_ctx *c, > + unsigned long target_id, struct damon_addr_range *ar) > +{ > + struct damon_target *t; > + struct damon_region *r, *prev; > + unsigned long id; > + int rc = -EINVAL; > + > + if (ar->start >= ar->end) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + damon_for_each_target(t, c) { > + id = t->id; > + if (targetid_is_pid(c)) > + id = (unsigned long)pid_vnr((struct pid *)id); This is a bit ugly. Did you consider making damon_target.id a union of all the possible types it can contain? This will avoid typecasts, has documentation value and reflacts what is actually going on. > + if (id == target_id) { > + r = damon_new_region(ar->start, ar->end); > + if (!r) > + return -ENOMEM; > + damon_add_region(r, t); > + if (damon_nr_regions(t) > 1) { > + prev = damon_prev_region(r); > + if (prev->ar.end > r->ar.start) { > + damon_destroy_region(r, t); > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + } > + rc = 0; > + } > + } > + return rc; > +} > +