On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:45:35 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Agreed, thank you for this great comment! I will make it at least before adding another type of monitoring target. Thanks, SJ > > > + 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; > > +} > > + > >