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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst index d960aba72b82..ff3a2dda1f02 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ comma (","). :ref:`/sys/kernel/mm/damon <sysfs_root>`/admin │ :ref:`kdamonds <sysfs_kdamonds>`/nr_kdamonds - │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_kdamond>`/state,pid + │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_kdamond>`/state,pid,refresh_ms │ │ │ :ref:`contexts <sysfs_contexts>`/nr_contexts │ │ │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_context>`/avail_operations,operations │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`monitoring_attrs <sysfs_monitoring_attrs>`/ @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ comma (","). │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`watermarks <sysfs_watermarks>`/metric,interval_us,high,mid,low │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`{core_,ops_,}filters <sysfs_filters>`/nr_filters │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/type,matching,allow,memcg_path,addr_start,addr_end,target_idx,min,max + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`dests <damon_sysfs_dests>`/nr_dests + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/id,weight │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`stats <sysfs_schemes_stats>`/nr_tried,sz_tried,nr_applied,sz_applied,sz_ops_filter_passed,qt_exceeds │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`tried_regions <sysfs_schemes_tried_regions>`/total_bytes │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/start,end,nr_accesses,age,sz_filter_passed @@ -121,8 +123,8 @@ kdamond. kdamonds/<N>/ ------------- -In each kdamond directory, two files (``state`` and ``pid``) and one directory -(``contexts``) exist. +In each kdamond directory, three files (``state``, ``pid`` and ``refresh_ms``) +and one directory (``contexts``) exist. Reading ``state`` returns ``on`` if the kdamond is currently running, or ``off`` if it is not running. @@ -159,6 +161,13 @@ Users can write below commands for the kdamond to the ``state`` file. If the state is ``on``, reading ``pid`` shows the pid of the kdamond thread. +Users can ask the kernel to periodically update files showing auto-tuned +parameters and DAMOS stats instead of manually writing +``update_tuned_intervals`` like keywords to ``state`` file. For this, users +should write the desired update time interval in milliseconds to ``refresh_ms`` +file. If the interval is zero, the periodic update is disabled. Reading the +file shows currently set time interval. + ``contexts`` directory contains files for controlling the monitoring contexts that this kdamond will execute. @@ -307,10 +316,10 @@ to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each DAMON-based operation scheme. schemes/<N>/ ------------ -In each scheme directory, seven directories (``access_pattern``, ``quotas``, -``watermarks``, ``core_filters``, ``ops_filters``, ``filters``, ``stats``, and -``tried_regions``) and three files (``action``, ``target_nid`` and -``apply_interval``) exist. +In each scheme directory, eight directories (``access_pattern``, ``quotas``, +``watermarks``, ``core_filters``, ``ops_filters``, ``filters``, ``dests``, +``stats``, and ``tried_regions``) and three files (``action``, ``target_nid`` +and ``apply_interval``) exist. The ``action`` file is for setting and getting the scheme's :ref:`action <damon_design_damos_action>`. The keywords that can be written to and read @@ -484,6 +493,29 @@ Refer to the :ref:`DAMOS filters design documentation of different ``allow`` works, when each of the filters are supported, and differences on stats. +.. _damon_sysfs_dests: + +schemes/<N>/dests/ +------------------ + +Directory for specifying the destinations of given DAMON-based operation +scheme's action. This directory is ignored if the action of the given scheme +is not supporting multiple destinations. Only ``DAMOS_MIGRATE_{HOT,COLD}`` +actions are supporting multiple destinations. + +In the beginning, the directory has only one file, ``nr_dests``. Writing a +number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0`` +to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each action destination. + +Each destination directory contains two files, namely ``id`` and ``weight``. +Users can write and read the identifier of the destination to ``id`` file. +For ``DAMOS_MIGRATE_{HOT,COLD}`` actions, the migrate destination node's node +id should be written to ``id`` file. Users can write and read the weight of +the destination among the given destinations to the ``weight`` file. The +weight can be an arbitrary integer. When DAMOS apply the action to each entity +of the memory region, it will select the destination of the action based on the +relative weights of the destinations. + .. _sysfs_schemes_stats: schemes/<N>/stats/ |