From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
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 1/2] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: mark scheme filters sysfs dir as deprecated
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:49:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421044928.141388-2-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421044928.141388-1-sj@kernel.org>
The alternatives of 'filters/' directory, namely 'core_filters/' and
'ops_filters/', can fully support all the features 'filters/' directory
can do, and provide better user experience. Having 'filters/'
directory is only confusing to users. Announce it as deprecated on the
usage document.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
index d5548e460857c..918c14a8e852b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst
@@ -486,9 +486,10 @@ layers. Filters that requested by ``core_filters`` and ``ops_filters`` will be
installed before those of ``filters``. All three directories have same files.
Use of ``filters`` directory can make expecting evaluation orders of given
-filters with the files under directory bit confusing. Users are hence
-recommended to use ``core_filters`` and ``ops_filters`` directories. The
-``filters`` directory could be deprecated in future.
+filters with the files under directory bit confusing. For the reason,
+``filters`` directory is deprecated. It is still functioning, but it will be
+broken and eventually removed in near future. Users should use
+``core_filters`` and ``ops_filters`` directories instead.
In the beginning, the directory has only one file, ``nr_filters``. Writing a
number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0``
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 4:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 4:49 [RFC PATCH 0/2] mm/damon/sysfs: document filters/ directory as deprecated SeongJae Park
2026-04-21 4:49 ` SeongJae Park [this message]
2026-04-21 4:49 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] Docs/ABI/damon: mark schemes/<S>/filters/ deprecated SeongJae Park
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