From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>, "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 16/17] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: document probe preps sysfs files
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:39:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260726173935.94046-17-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260726173935.94046-1-sj@kernel.org>
Update DAMON usage document for the newly added DAMON probe preps sysfs
files.
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
index da5f9afd08aef..e4fdec3fa5059 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ comma (",").
│ │ │ │ │ │ nr_regions/min,max
│ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`probes <damon_usage_sysfs_probes>`/nr_probes
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/weight
+ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ preps/nr_preps
+ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/prep_action
+ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ...
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ filters/nr_filters
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/type,matching,allow,path
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ...
@@ -283,9 +286,18 @@ In the beginning, this directory has only one file, ``nr_probes``. Writing a
number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0``
to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each monitoring probe.
-In each probe directory, one directory, ``filters`` exists. The directory
-contains files for installing filters for the probe, that is used to determine
-the data attribute for the probe.
+In each probe directory, two directories, ``preps`` and ``filters`` exist. The
+directories contain files for installing probing preparation actions and
+filters for the probe, that is used to determine the data attribute for the
+probe.
+
+In the beginning, ``preps`` directory has only one file, ``nr_preps``.
+Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories
+names ``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each preparation action.
+Each directory has one file, ``prep_action``. The preparation action can be
+selected by writing the name of the action to the ``prep_action`` file. Refer
+to the :ref:`design doc <damon_design_data_attrs_monitoring>` for the list of
+supported actions.
Each probe directory also contains ``weight`` file. Reading from and writing
to the file gets and sets the :ref:`attributes-only monitoring
--
2.47.3
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-26 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-26 17:39 [RFC PATCH v2 00/17] mm/damon: introduce data access-as-a-data attribute SJ Park
2026-07-26 17:39 ` [RFC PATCH v2 04/17] Docs/mm/damon/design: document pgidle_unset probe filter type SJ Park
2026-07-26 17:39 ` [RFC PATCH v2 15/17] Docs/mm/damon/design: document probe preps SJ Park
2026-07-26 17:39 ` SJ Park [this message]
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