From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
To: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs/mm/damon/design: difference between watermarks and nr_snapshots
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:18:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811101841.804596-3-aethernet65535@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811101841.804596-1-aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Explain the difference between nr_snapshots reaches max_nr_snapshots and
watermarks.
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
index 939298f2a9b9..1fcf0b8c044b 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ the action to the region will fail.
Unlike normal stats, ``max_nr_snapshots`` is set by users. If it is set as
non-zero and ``nr_snapshots`` be same to or greater than ``nr_snapshots``, the
-scheme is deactivated.
+scheme is deactivated. Note that, unlike watermarks, even if a scheme's
+``nr_snapshots`` reaches ``max_nr_snapshots``, monitoring will not stop.
To know how user-space can read the stats via :ref:`DAMON sysfs interface
<sysfs_interface>`, refer to :ref:s`stats <sysfs_stats>` part of the
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 10:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 10:18 [PATCH 0/3] docs/mm/damon/design: add explanation of nr_snapshots Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 10:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] docs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics " Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 13:46 ` SJ Park
2026-08-11 17:01 ` Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 10:18 ` Liew Rui Yan [this message]
2026-08-11 13:48 ` [PATCH 2/3] docs/mm/damon/design: difference between watermarks and nr_snapshots SJ Park
2026-08-11 10:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] docs/mm/damon/design: fix typo of max_nr_snapshots Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 13:52 ` SJ Park
2026-08-11 13:56 ` [PATCH 0/3] docs/mm/damon/design: add explanation of nr_snapshots SJ Park
2026-08-11 17:02 ` Liew Rui Yan
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