From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99BED38947F; Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785163116; cv=none; b=pgchfkxnHRJo+cwfN1kVbsGo+U5wAflGT7Ep5ItvZ3Zk9GMSGnek6IdtRuNU/1TRC4egy4f6KAsKVyo7+u0UdlKXAE0CjZADydOQ3Xjb5ImXmMIrlHH5xjE9QCCqTy5HU6ZpzhVgCaNHk8TwufpbyoQ8hKnv+UreNA6GjHFUlFk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785163116; c=relaxed/simple; bh=vxn1xYjuwM7IiW0yAPxy7QP5iih3W4wY+JmqhQYH0ag=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=ah1z4CoMszJkziwb28JkK25qb0a8KD9rwj1HJ9zMemQ0jcsPI0t/YeVKrzriNGiyT1HNgToUkbDQR3Fi37xHkysVVFu+qPa2+ekI176mdjIfWk0RXVOwQhruSUE5Mi4nk97ToB45e0cmiZxk5N/EOnYZHmTQXXpTjGQA961yIAQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=oA5to5uA; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="oA5to5uA" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 405FA1F000E9; Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:38:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1785163114; bh=xn7z1VfKK9Pqq9Y6JKkxjkK90zeUs8MzLh/EEjXoI28=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=oA5to5uAISndVjmAMZ7lA0ihHvsdAxX4vWSJ5iTUc9hUOqVD0RKL9PRQaf+V8H0IB CQZAyndbJ7o8Yt9cs2NwaaJja2hWe2SGG5Qy5JdoT0SYH+4m1r67uIqdR1zbfPKjxD Dyg6clIzgv0LZkawSnafkNzObU8uKbnX9v2QTB8fYWs+WHlqyCkyfUpzgQyHhh8vmq 8t7f8Pf5oeNOU3fZeK9icu7rOZHFbj8ybp114BqQ24yB0wTxLCPx1d2pECTHLocsk7 hqxFzkR40GaOrH0HdcMGo7qnxWalQfMKyRXHMt61u1pmMYdZml9J5xUDAjYDErT/rL WGpmPBQvhaOUQ== From: SJ Park To: Cc: SJ Park , Andrew Morton , damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: [RFC PATCH v2.1 05/17] mm/damon/core: introduce damon_prep struct Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:38:14 -0700 Message-ID: <20260727143829.86236-6-sj@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20260727143829.86236-1-sj@kernel.org> References: <20260727143829.86236-1-sj@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Some DAMON probe filter types require preparatory actions. For example, pgilde_unset probe filter can say if the page was accessed but when. To answer the second question, the PG_Idle flag should be set at a specific time. It can make life much easier if DAMON can do such preparatory actions. Introduce a new data type called damon_prep. It specifies each of the preparation actions for each probe. DAMON will execute the action for each region per sampling interval, like it clears page table accessed bits and unsets PG_Idle flag for access monitoring. Also introduce DAMON_PREP_SET_PGIDLE as the initial prep action. As the name says, it will do exactly what DAMON was doing as the preparation action for the access monitoring. Signed-off-by: SJ Park --- include/linux/damon.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mm/damon/core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h index cee4b74761081..b86744642c9d3 100644 --- a/include/linux/damon.h +++ b/include/linux/damon.h @@ -741,6 +741,27 @@ struct damon_intervals_goal { unsigned long max_sample_us; }; +/** + * enum damon_prep_action - DAMON probing preparation action. + * + * @DAMON_PREP_SET_PGIDLE: Set the probing memory as idle page. + */ +enum damon_prep_action { + DAMON_PREP_SET_PGIDLE, +}; + +/** + * struct damon_prep - DAMON probing preparation request. + * + * @action: Action to do to the probing memory for the preparation. + */ +struct damon_prep { + enum damon_prep_action action; +/* private: */ + /* siblings list. */ + struct list_head list; +}; + /** * enum damon_filter_type - Type of &struct damon_filter * @@ -782,6 +803,8 @@ struct damon_filter { struct damon_probe { unsigned int weight; /* private: */ + /* Preparation actions to apply to each probing memory. */ + struct list_head preps; /* Filters for assessing if a given region is for this probe. */ struct list_head filters; /* Siblings list. */ @@ -961,6 +984,12 @@ static inline unsigned long damon_sz_region(struct damon_region *r) return r->ar.end - r->ar.start; } +#define damon_for_each_prep(p, probe) \ + list_for_each_entry(p, &(probe)->preps, list) + +#define damon_for_each_prep_safe(p, next, probe) \ + list_for_each_entry_safe(p, next, &(probe)->preps, list) + #define damon_for_each_filter(f, p) \ list_for_each_entry(f, &(p)->filters, list) @@ -1014,6 +1043,9 @@ static inline unsigned long damon_sz_region(struct damon_region *r) #ifdef CONFIG_DAMON +struct damon_prep *damon_new_prep(enum damon_prep_action action); +void damon_add_prep(struct damon_probe *p, struct damon_prep *prep); + struct damon_filter *damon_new_filter(enum damon_filter_type type, bool matching, bool allow); void damon_add_filter(struct damon_probe *probe, struct damon_filter *f); diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c index 5eb0400d5ce16..bda61f9ec0266 100644 --- a/mm/damon/core.c +++ b/mm/damon/core.c @@ -111,6 +111,28 @@ int damon_select_ops(struct damon_ctx *ctx, enum damon_ops_id id) return err; } +struct damon_prep *damon_new_prep(enum damon_prep_action action) +{ + struct damon_prep *prep; + + prep = kmalloc_obj(*prep); + if (!prep) + return NULL; + prep->action = action; + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&prep->list); + return prep; +} + +void damon_add_prep(struct damon_probe *p, struct damon_prep *prep) +{ + list_add_tail(&prep->list, &p->preps); +} + +static void damon_free_prep(struct damon_prep *p) +{ + kfree(p); +} + struct damon_filter *damon_new_filter(enum damon_filter_type type, bool matching, bool allow) { @@ -167,6 +189,7 @@ struct damon_probe *damon_new_probe(void) if (!p) return NULL; p->weight = 0; + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->preps); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->filters); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->list); return p; @@ -184,8 +207,11 @@ static void damon_del_probe(struct damon_probe *p) static void damon_free_probe(struct damon_probe *p) { + struct damon_prep *prep, *prep_next; struct damon_filter *f, *next; + damon_for_each_prep_safe(prep, prep_next, p) + damon_free_prep(prep); damon_for_each_filter_safe(f, next, p) damon_free_filter(f); kfree(p); -- 2.47.3