From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
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Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] docs/mm/damon/design: difference between watermarks and nr_snapshots
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:02:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831150227.83416-3-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831150227.83416-1-sj@kernel.org>
From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Explain the difference between nr_snapshots reaches max_nr_snapshots and
watermarks.
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
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 af94fc27890b8..74170a2285501 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ 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
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 15:02 [PATCH v3 0/3] docs/mm/damon/design: add explanation of nr_snapshots SJ Park
2026-08-31 15:02 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] docs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics " SJ Park
2026-08-31 18:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 15:02 ` SJ Park [this message]
2026-08-31 18:05 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] docs/mm/damon/design: difference between watermarks and nr_snapshots sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 15:02 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] docs/mm/damon/design: fix typo of max_nr_snapshots SJ Park
2026-08-31 18:06 ` sashiko-bot
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