+ docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning.patch added to mm-new branch

+ docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: introduce DAMON modules at the beginning
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning.patch

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From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: introduce DAMON modules at the beginning
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:02:56 -0800

DAMON usage document provides a list of available DAMON interfaces with
brief introduction at the beginning of the doc.  The list is missing DAMON
modules for special purposes, while it is one of the major suggested
interfaces.  Add an item for those to the list.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260118180305.70023-6-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst |    5 +++++
 Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst            |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst~docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning
+++ a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Detailed Usages
 
 DAMON provides below interfaces for different users.
 
+- *Special-purpose DAMON modules.*
+  :ref:`This <damon_modules_special_purpose>` is for people who are building,
+  distributing, and/or administrating the kernel with special-purpose DAMON
+  usages.  Using this, users can use DAMON's major features for the given
+  purposes in build, boot, or runtime in simple ways.
 - *DAMON user space tool.*
   `This <https://github.com/damonitor/damo>`_ is for privileged people such as
   system administrators who want a just-working human-friendly interface.
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst~docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning
+++ a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -817,6 +817,8 @@ available.  Please refer to the ABI :ref
 the interfaces.
 
 
+.. _damon_modules_special_purpose:
+
 Special-Purpose Access-aware Kernel Modules
 -------------------------------------------
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@kernel.org are

mm-damon-core-introduce-nr_snapshots-damos-stat.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-nr_snapshots-damos-stat-fix.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-introduce-nr_snapshots-damos-stat-file.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-nr_snapshots-damos-stat.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-for-nr_snapshots-damos-stat.patch
docs-abi-damon-update-for-nr_snapshots-damos-stat.patch
mm-damon-update-damos-kerneldoc-for-stat-field.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-max_nr_snapshots.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-implement-max_nr_snapshots-file.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-max_nr_snapshots.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-for-max_nr_snapshots.patch
docs-abi-damon-update-for-max_nr_snapshots.patch
mm-damon-core-add-trace-point-for-damos-stat-per-apply-interval.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-add-test-cases-for-multiple-regions-in-damon_test_split_regions_of-fix.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-active-memory-ratio-damos-quota-goal-metric.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-support-damos_quota_active_mem_bp.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-damos_quota_active_mem_bp.patch
mm-damon-paddr-activate-damos_lru_prio-targets-instead-of-marking-accessed.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-consider-age-for-quota-prioritization.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-support-young-page-filters.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-lru_sort-document-filter_young_pages.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-support-active-inactive-memory-ratio-based-auto-tuning.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-support-active-inactive-memory-ratio-based-auto-tuning-fix.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-lru_sort-document-active_mem_bp-parameter.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-add-monitoring-intervals-auto-tuning-parameter.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-lru_sort-document-intervals-autotuning.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_kdamond_pid.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-use-damon_kdamond_pid.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-use-damon_kdamond_pid.patch
mm-damon-reclaim-use-damon_kdamond_pid.patch
mm-damon-hide-kdamond-and-kdamond_lock-of-damon_ctx.patch
mm-vma-temporary-build-fix.patch
selftests-damon-sysfs_memcg_path_leaksh-use-kmemleak.patch
selftests-damon-wss_estimation-test-for-up-to-160-mib-working-set-size.patch
selftests-damon-access_memory-add-repeat-mode.patch
selftests-damon-wss_estimation-ensure-number-of-collected-wss.patch
selftests-damon-wss_estimation-deduplicate-failed-samples-output.patch
mm-damon-remove-damon_operations-cleanup.patch
mm-damon-core-cleanup-targets-and-regions-at-once-on-kdamond-termination.patch
mm-damon-core-cancel-damos_walk-before-damon_ctx-kdamond-reset.patch
mm-damon-core-process-damon_call_control-requests-on-a-local-list.patch
mm-damon-document-damon_call_control-dealloc_on_cancel-repeat-behavior.patch
mm-damon-core-rename-damos_filter_out-to-damos_core_filter_out.patch
mm-damon-rename-damon_min_region-to-damon_min_region_sz.patch
mm-damon-rename-min_sz_region-of-damon_ctx-to-min_region_sz.patch
docs-mm-damon-index-simplify-the-intro.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-link-repology-instead-of-fedora-package.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-damon-sample-modules.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-add-reference-to-damon_stat-usage.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-introduce-damon-modules-at-the-beginning.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-stats-update-process-for-refresh_ms.patch
docs-mm-damon-maintainer-profile-fix-wrong-maitnainers-section-name.patch
docs-mm-damon-maintainer-profile-remove-damon-tests-perf-suggestion.patch