The quilt patch titled
Subject: Docs/mm/damon/design: use a list for supported filters
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
docs-mm-damon-design-use-a-list-for-supported-filters.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/mm/damon/design: use a list for supported filters
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 11:03:16 -0700
Filters section is listing currently supported filter types in a normal
paragraph. Since the number of types are higher than four, it is not easy
to read for only specific types. Use a list for easier finding of
specific types.
[sj@xxxxxxxxxx: fix build warning]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240507161747.52430-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240503180318.72798-9-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/mm/damon/design.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst~docs-mm-damon-design-use-a-list-for-supported-filters
+++ a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -461,26 +461,32 @@ number of filters for each scheme. Each
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, young page, 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 that not accessed after the last
-access check from the scheme, pages that accessed after the last access check
-from the scheme, pages in specific address range, pages in specific DAMON
-monitoring targets, and any combination of those.
+For efficient handling of filters, some types of filters are handled by the
+core layer, while others are handled by operations set. In the latter case,
+hence, support of the filter types depends on the DAMON operations set. In
+case of the core layer-handled filters, the memory regions that excluded by the
+filter are 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. This difference affects the statistics.
-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.
+Below types of filters are currently supported.
+
+- anonymous page
+ - Applied to pages that containing data that not stored in files.
+ - Handled by operations set layer. Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
+- memory cgroup
+ - Applied to pages that belonging to a given cgroup.
+ - Handled by operations set layer. Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
+- young page
+ - Applied to pages that are accessed after the last access check from the
+ scheme.
+ - Handled by operations set layer. Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
+- address range
+ - Applied to pages that belonging to a given address range.
+ - Handled by the core logic.
+- DAMON monitoring target
+ - Applied to pages that belonging to a given DAMON monitoring target.
+ - Handled by the core logic.
Application Programming Interface
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@xxxxxxxxxx are
