The quilt patch titled
Subject: Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: document schemes/<s>/tried_regions sysfs directory
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-document-schemes-s-tried_regions-sysfs-directory.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: document schemes/<s>/tried_regions sysfs directory
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 22:03:27 +0000
Document 'tried_regions' directory in DAMON sysfs interface usage in the
administrator guide.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221101220328.95765-8-sj@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst | 45 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst~docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-document-schemes-s-tried_regions-sysfs-directory
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ comma (","). ::
â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? weights/sz_permil,nr_accesses_permil,age_permil
â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? watermarks/metric,interval_us,high,mid,low
â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? stats/nr_tried,sz_tried,nr_applied,sz_applied,qt_exceeds
+ â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? tried_regions/
+ â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? 0/start,end,nr_accesses,age
+ â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? ...
â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? â?? ...
â?? â?? â?? â?? ...
â?? â?? ...
@@ -125,7 +128,14 @@ in the state. Writing ``commit`` to the
user inputs in the sysfs files except ``state`` file again. Writing
``update_schemes_stats`` to ``state`` file updates the contents of stats files
for each DAMON-based operation scheme of the kdamond. For details of the
-stats, please refer to :ref:`stats section <sysfs_schemes_stats>`.
+stats, please refer to :ref:`stats section <sysfs_schemes_stats>`. Writing
+``update_schemes_tried_regions`` to ``state`` file updates the DAMON-based
+operation scheme action tried regions directory for each DAMON-based operation
+scheme of the kdamond. Writing ``clear_schemes_tried_regions`` to ``state``
+file clears the DAMON-based operating scheme action tried regions directory for
+each DAMON-based operation scheme of the kdamond. For details of the
+DAMON-based operation scheme action tried regions directory, please refer to
+:ref:tried_regions section <sysfs_schemes_tried_regions>`.
If the state is ``on``, reading ``pid`` shows the pid of the kdamond thread.
@@ -166,6 +176,8 @@ You can set and get what type of monitor
context by writing one of the keywords listed in ``avail_operations`` file and
reading from the ``operations`` file.
+.. _sysfs_monitoring_attrs:
+
contexts/<N>/monitoring_attrs/
------------------------------
@@ -255,8 +267,9 @@ to ``N-1``. Each directory represents e
schemes/<N>/
------------
-In each scheme directory, four directories (``access_pattern``, ``quotas``,
-``watermarks``, and ``stats``) and one file (``action``) exist.
+In each scheme directory, five directories (``access_pattern``, ``quotas``,
+``watermarks``, ``stats``, and ``tried_regions``) and one file (``action``)
+exist.
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
@@ -351,6 +364,32 @@ should ask DAMON sysfs interface to updt
stats by writing a special keyword, ``update_schemes_stats`` to the relevant
``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file.
+.. _sysfs_schemes_tried_regions:
+
+schemes/<N>/tried_regions/
+--------------------------
+
+When a special keyword, ``update_schemes_tried_regions``, is written to the
+relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file, DAMON creates directories named integer
+starting from ``0`` under this directory. Each directory contains files
+exposing detailed information about each of the memory region that the
+corresponding scheme's ``action`` has tried to be applied under this directory,
+during next :ref:`aggregation interval <sysfs_monitoring_attrs>`. The
+information includes address range, ``nr_accesses``, , and ``age`` of the
+region.
+
+The directories will be removed when another special keyword,
+``clear_schemes_tried_regions``, is written to the relevant
+``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file.
+
+tried_regions/<N>/
+------------------
+
+In each region directory, you will find four files (``start``, ``end``,
+``nr_accesses``, and ``age``). Reading the files will show the start and end
+addresses, ``nr_accesses``, and ``age`` of the region that corresponding
+DAMON-based operation scheme ``action`` has tried to be applied.
+
Example
~~~~~~~
_
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