From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
To: sj@kernel.org
Cc: damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Docs/mm/damon: document exclusivity of special-purpose modules
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:20:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260314092145.7496-1-aethernet65535@gmail.com> (raw)
Add a section in design.rst to explain that DAMON special-purpose kernel
modules (LRU_SORT, RECLAIM, STAT) run in an exclusive manner and return
-EBUSY if another is already running.
Update lru_sort.rst, reclaim.rst and stat.rst by adding cross-references
to this exclusivity rule at the end of their respective Example
sections.
While at it, fix a Sphinx syntax error in the "contents" directive in
design.rst (missing space after :depth:) that prevents the table of
contents from being rendered on docs.kernel.org.
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/damon/20260314002119.79742-1-sj@kernel.org/T/#t
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst | 6 +++++-
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
index 06a46812a728..0198dfe87f4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
@@ -353,3 +353,8 @@ the LRU-list based page granularity reclamation. ::
# echo 400 > wmarks_mid
# echo 200 > wmarks_low
# echo Y > enabled
+
+Note that this module (damon_lru_sort) cannot run simultaneously with other
+DAMON-based special-purpose modules. Refer to :ref:`DAMON design special
+purpose modules exclusivity <damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity>`
+for more details.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst
index c5b4d8a1b001..a37ce6fdff05 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ granularity reclamation. ::
# echo 200 > wmarks_low
# echo Y > enabled
+Note that this module (damon_reclaim) cannot run simultaneously with other
+DAMON-based special-purpose modules. Refer to :ref:`DAMON design special
+purpose modules exclusivity <damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity>`
+for more details.
+
.. [1] https://research.google/pubs/pub48551/
.. [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/787611/
.. [3] Documentation/mm/free_page_reporting.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst
index 468c122c4259..46c5dd96aa2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ You can enable DAMON_STAT by setting the value of this parameter as ``Y``.
Setting it as ``N`` disables DAMON_STAT. The default value is set by
``CONFIG_DAMON_STAT_ENABLED_DEFAULT`` build config option.
+Note that this module (damon_stat) cannot run simultaneously with other
+DAMON-based special-purpose modules. Refer to :ref:`DAMON design special
+purpose modules exclusivity <damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity>`
+for more details.
+
.. _damon_stat_aggr_interval_us:
aggr_interval_us
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
index 0a3b77ec458f..3694c541e65a 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Design
======
.. contents:: :local:
- :depth:2
+ :depth: 2
.. _damon_design_execution_model_and_data_structures:
@@ -960,6 +960,10 @@ more detail, please read the usage documents for those
(:doc:`/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat`, :doc:`/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim` and
:doc:`/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort`).
+.. _damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity:
+
+Note that these modules currently run in an exclusive manner. If one of those
+is already running, others will return ``-EBUSY`` upon start requests.
Sample DAMON Modules
--------------------
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-14 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 9:20 Liew Rui Yan [this message]
2026-03-14 16:25 ` [PATCH] Docs/mm/damon: document exclusivity of special-purpose modules SeongJae Park
2026-03-14 20:37 ` Liew Rui Yan
2026-03-15 0:26 ` SeongJae Park
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