From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net,
sj@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-stable] docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-damos-actions-filters-supports-of-each-damon-operations-set.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:35:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230203063519.78578C433D2@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: update DAMOS actions/filters supports of each DAMON operations set
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-damos-actions-filters-supports-of-each-damon-operations-set.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
------------------------------------------------------
From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: update DAMOS actions/filters supports of each DAMON operations set
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:03:56 +0000
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>
---
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst~docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-damos-actions-filters-supports-of-each-damon-operations-set
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -279,14 +279,25 @@ The ``action`` file is for setting and g
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 ``/ha
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
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
Quota
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@kernel.org are
scripts-spelling-add-a-few-more-typos.patch
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