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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst index 1a5b6b71efa1..9991dad60fcf 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage.rst @@ -7,28 +7,19 @@ Detailed Usages DAMON provides below interfaces for different users. - *DAMON user space tool.* - `This <https://github.com/awslabs/damo>`_ is for privileged people such as + `This <https://github.com/damonitor/damo>`_ is for privileged people such as system administrators who want a just-working human-friendly interface. Using this, users can use the DAMON’s major features in a human-friendly way. - It may not be highly tuned for special cases, though. It supports both - virtual and physical address spaces monitoring. For more detail, please - refer to its `usage document - <https://github.com/awslabs/damo/blob/next/USAGE.md>`_. + It may not be highly tuned for special cases, though. For more detail, + please refer to its `usage document + <https://github.com/damonitor/damo/blob/next/USAGE.md>`_. - *sysfs interface.* :ref:`This <sysfs_interface>` is for privileged user space programmers who want more optimized use of DAMON. Using this, users can use DAMON’s major features by reading from and writing to special sysfs files. Therefore, you can write and use your personalized DAMON sysfs wrapper programs that reads/writes the sysfs files instead of you. The `DAMON user space tool - <https://github.com/awslabs/damo>`_ is one example of such programs. It - supports both virtual and physical address spaces monitoring. Note that this - interface provides only simple :ref:`statistics <damos_stats>` for the - monitoring results. For detailed monitoring results, DAMON provides a - :ref:`tracepoint <tracepoint>`. -- *debugfs interface.* - :ref:`This <debugfs_interface>` is almost identical to :ref:`sysfs interface - <sysfs_interface>`. This will be removed after next LTS kernel is released, - so users should move to the :ref:`sysfs interface <sysfs_interface>`. + <https://github.com/damonitor/damo>`_ is one example of such programs. - *Kernel Space Programming Interface.* :doc:`This </mm/damon/api>` is for kernel space programmers. Using this, users can utilize every feature of DAMON most flexibly and efficiently by @@ -62,120 +53,162 @@ Files Hierarchy The files hierarchy of DAMON sysfs interface is shown below. In the below figure, parents-children relations are represented with indentations, each directory is having ``/`` suffix, and files in each directory are separated by -comma (","). :: - - /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin - │ kdamonds/nr_kdamonds - │ │ 0/state,pid - │ │ │ contexts/nr_contexts - │ │ │ │ 0/avail_operations,operations - │ │ │ │ │ monitoring_attrs/ +comma (","). + +.. parsed-literal:: + + :ref:`/sys/kernel/mm/damon <sysfs_root>`/admin + │ :ref:`kdamonds <sysfs_kdamonds>`/nr_kdamonds + │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_kdamond>`/state,pid,refresh_ms + │ │ │ :ref:`contexts <sysfs_contexts>`/nr_contexts + │ │ │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_context>`/avail_operations,operations,addr_unit + │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`monitoring_attrs <sysfs_monitoring_attrs>`/ │ │ │ │ │ │ intervals/sample_us,aggr_us,update_us + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ intervals_goal/access_bp,aggrs,min_sample_us,max_sample_us │ │ │ │ │ │ nr_regions/min,max - │ │ │ │ │ targets/nr_targets - │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/pid_target - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ regions/nr_regions - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/start,end + │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`targets <sysfs_targets>`/nr_targets + │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_target>`/pid_target,obsolete_target + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`regions <sysfs_regions>`/nr_regions + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_region>`/start,end │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ... │ │ │ │ │ │ ... - │ │ │ │ │ schemes/nr_schemes - │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/action - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ access_pattern/ + │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`schemes <sysfs_schemes>`/nr_schemes + │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`0 <sysfs_scheme>`/action,target_nid,apply_interval_us + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`access_pattern <sysfs_access_pattern>`/ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ sz/min,max │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ nr_accesses/min,max │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ age/min,max - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ quotas/ms,bytes,reset_interval_ms + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`quotas <sysfs_quotas>`/ms,bytes,reset_interval_ms,effective_bytes │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ weights/sz_permil,nr_accesses_permil,age_permil - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ watermarks/metric,interval_us,high,mid,low - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ stats/nr_tried,sz_tried,nr_applied,sz_applied,qt_exceeds - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ tried_regions/ - │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/start,end,nr_accesses,age + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :ref:`goals <sysfs_schemes_quota_goals>`/nr_goals + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 0/target_metric,target_value,current_value,nid,path + │ │ │ │ │ │ │ :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 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ... │ │ │ │ │ │ ... │ │ │ │ ... │ │ ... +.. _sysfs_root: + Root ---- The root of the DAMON sysfs interface is ``<sysfs>/kernel/mm/damon/``, and it has one directory named ``admin``. The directory contains the files for -privileged user space programs' control of DAMON. User space tools or deamons +privileged user space programs' control of DAMON. User space tools or daemons having the root permission could use this directory. +.. _sysfs_kdamonds: + kdamonds/ --------- -The monitoring-related information including request specifications and results -are called DAMON context. DAMON executes each context with a kernel thread -called kdamond, and multiple kdamonds could run in parallel. - Under the ``admin`` directory, one directory, ``kdamonds``, which has files for -controlling the kdamonds exist. In the beginning, this directory has only one -file, ``nr_kdamonds``. Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number -of child directories named ``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each +controlling the kdamonds (refer to +:ref:`design <damon_design_execution_model_and_data_structures>` for more +details) exists. In the beginning, this directory has only one file, +``nr_kdamonds``. Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number of +child directories named ``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each kdamond. +.. _sysfs_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. Writing ``on`` or ``off`` makes the kdamond be -in the state. Writing ``commit`` to the ``state`` file makes kdamond reads the -user inputs in the sysfs files except ``state`` file again. Writing -``update_schemes_stats`` to ``state`` file updates the contents of stats files -for each DAMON-based operation scheme of the kdamond. For details of the -stats, please refer to :ref:`stats section <sysfs_schemes_stats>`. Writing -``update_schemes_tried_regions`` to ``state`` file updates the DAMON-based -operation scheme action tried regions directory for each DAMON-based operation -scheme of the kdamond. Writing ``clear_schemes_tried_regions`` to ``state`` -file clears the DAMON-based operating scheme action tried regions directory for -each DAMON-based operation scheme of the kdamond. For details of the -DAMON-based operation scheme action tried regions directory, please refer to -:ref:tried_regions section <sysfs_schemes_tried_regions>`. +``off`` if it is not running. + +Users can write below commands for the kdamond to the ``state`` file. + +- ``on``: Start running. +- ``off``: Stop running. +- ``commit``: Read the user inputs in the sysfs files except ``state`` file + again. Monitoring :ref:`target region <sysfs_regions>` inputs are also be + ignored if no target region is specified. +- ``update_tuned_intervals``: Update the contents of ``sample_us`` and + ``aggr_us`` files of the kdamond with the auto-tuning applied ``sampling + interval`` and ``aggregation interval`` for the files. Please refer to + :ref:`intervals_goal section <damon_usage_sysfs_monitoring_intervals_goal>` + for more details. +- ``commit_schemes_quota_goals``: Read the DAMON-based operation schemes' + :ref:`quota goals <sysfs_schemes_quota_goals>`. +- ``update_schemes_stats``: Update the contents of stats files for each + DAMON-based operation scheme of the kdamond. For details of the stats, + please refer to :ref:`stats section <sysfs_schemes_stats>`. +- ``update_schemes_tried_regions``: Update the DAMON-based operation scheme + action tried regions directory for each DAMON-based operation scheme of the + kdamond. For details of the DAMON-based operation scheme action tried + regions directory, please refer to + :ref:`tried_regions section <sysfs_schemes_tried_regions>`. +- ``update_schemes_tried_bytes``: Update only ``.../tried_regions/total_bytes`` + files. +- ``clear_schemes_tried_regions``: Clear the DAMON-based operating scheme + action tried regions directory for each DAMON-based operation scheme of the + kdamond. +- ``update_schemes_effective_quotas``: Update the contents of + ``effective_bytes`` files for each DAMON-based operation scheme of the + kdamond. For more details, refer to :ref:`quotas directory <sysfs_quotas>`. 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. +.. _sysfs_contexts: + kdamonds/<N>/contexts/ ---------------------- In the beginning, this directory has only one file, ``nr_contexts``. Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named as -``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each monitoring context. At the -moment, only one context per kdamond is supported, so only ``0`` or ``1`` can -be written to the file. +``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each monitoring context (refer to +:ref:`design <damon_design_execution_model_and_data_structures>` for more +details). At the moment, only one context per kdamond is supported, so only +``0`` or ``1`` can be written to the file. + +.. _sysfs_context: contexts/<N>/ ------------- -In each context directory, two files (``avail_operations`` and ``operations``) -and three directories (``monitoring_attrs``, ``targets``, and ``schemes``) -exist. +In each context directory, three files (``avail_operations``, ``operations`` +and ``addr_unit``) and three directories (``monitoring_attrs``, ``targets``, +and ``schemes``) exist. -DAMON supports multiple types of monitoring operations, including those for -virtual address space and the physical address space. You can get the list of -available monitoring operations set on the currently running kernel by reading +DAMON supports multiple types of :ref:`monitoring operations +<damon_design_configurable_operations_set>`, including those for virtual address +space and the physical address space. You can get the list of available +monitoring operations set on the currently running kernel by reading ``avail_operations`` file. Based on the kernel configuration, the file will -list some or all of below keywords. - - - vaddr: Monitor virtual address spaces of specific processes - - fvaddr: Monitor fixed virtual address ranges - - paddr: Monitor the physical address space of the system - -Please refer to :ref:`regions sysfs directory <sysfs_regions>` for detailed -differences between the operations sets in terms of the monitoring target -regions. +list different available operation sets. Please refer to the :ref:`design +<damon_operations_set>` for the list of all available operation sets and their +brief explanations. You can set and get what type of monitoring operations DAMON will use for the context by writing one of the keywords listed in ``avail_operations`` file and reading from the ``operations`` file. +``addr_unit`` file is for setting and getting the :ref:`address unit +<damon_design_addr_unit>` parameter of the operations set. + .. _sysfs_monitoring_attrs: contexts/<N>/monitoring_attrs/ @@ -199,6 +232,27 @@ writing to and rading from the files. For more details about the intervals and monitoring regions range, please refer to the Design document (:doc:`/mm/damon/design`). +.. _damon_usage_sysfs_monitoring_intervals_goal: + +contexts/<N>/monitoring_attrs/intervals/intervals_goal/ +------------------------------------------------------- + +Under the ``intervals`` directory, one directory for automated tuning of +``sample_us`` and ``aggr_us``, namely ``intervals_goal`` directory also exists. +Under the directory, four files for the auto-tuning control, namely +``access_bp``, ``aggrs``, ``min_sample_us`` and ``max_sample_us`` exist. +Please refer to the :ref:`design document of the feature +<damon_design_monitoring_intervals_autotuning>` for the internal of the tuning +mechanism. Reading and writing the four files under ``intervals_goal`` +directory shows and updates the tuning parameters that described in the +:ref:design doc <damon_design_monitoring_intervals_autotuning>` with the same +names. The tuning starts with the user-set ``sample_us`` and ``aggr_us``. The +tuning-applied current values of the two intervals can be read from the +``sample_us`` and ``aggr_us`` files after writing ``update_tuned_intervals`` to +the ``state`` file. + +.. _sysfs_targets: + contexts/<N>/targets/ --------------------- @@ -206,32 +260,35 @@ In the beginning, this directory has only one file, ``nr_targets``. Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each monitoring target. +.. _sysfs_target: + targets/<N>/ ------------ -In each target directory, one file (``pid_target``) and one directory -(``regions``) exist. +In each target directory, two files (``pid_target`` and ``obsolete_target``) +and one directory (``regions``) exist. If you wrote ``vaddr`` to the ``contexts/<N>/operations``, each target should be a process. You can specify the process to DAMON by writing the pid of the process to the ``pid_target`` file. +Users can selectively remove targets in the middle of the targets array by +writing non-zero value to ``obsolete_target`` file and committing it (writing +``commit`` to ``state`` file). DAMON will remove the matching targets from its +internal targets array. Users are responsible to construct target directories +again, so that those correctly represent the changed internal targets array. + + .. _sysfs_regions: targets/<N>/regions ------------------- -When ``vaddr`` monitoring operations set is being used (``vaddr`` is written to -the ``contexts/<N>/operations`` file), DAMON automatically sets and updates the -monitoring target regions so that entire memory mappings of target processes -can be covered. However, users could want to set the initial monitoring region -to specific address ranges. - -In contrast, DAMON do not automatically sets and updates the monitoring target -regions when ``fvaddr`` or ``paddr`` monitoring operations sets are being used -(``fvaddr`` or ``paddr`` have written to the ``contexts/<N>/operations``). -Therefore, users should set the monitoring target regions by themselves in the -cases. +In case of ``fvaddr`` or ``paddr`` monitoring operations sets, users are +required to set the monitoring target address ranges. In case of ``vaddr`` +operations set, it is not mandatory, but users can optionally set the initial +monitoring region to specific address ranges. Please refer to the :ref:`design +<damon_design_vaddr_target_regions_construction>` for more details. For such cases, users can explicitly set the initial monitoring target regions as they want, by writing proper values to the files under this directory. @@ -240,6 +297,13 @@ In the beginning, this directory has only one file, ``nr_regions``. Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each initial monitoring target region. +If ``nr_regions`` is zero when committing new DAMON parameters online (writing +``commit`` to ``state`` file of :ref:`kdamond <sysfs_kdamond>`), the commit +logic ignores the target regions. In other words, the current monitoring +results for the target are preserved. + +.. _sysfs_region: + regions/<N>/ ------------ @@ -250,93 +314,126 @@ region by writing to and reading from the files, respectively. Each region should not overlap with others. ``end`` of directory ``N`` should be equal or smaller than ``start`` of directory ``N+1``. +.. _sysfs_schemes: + contexts/<N>/schemes/ --------------------- -For usual DAMON-based data access aware memory management optimizations, users -would normally want the system to apply a memory management action to a memory -region of a specific access pattern. DAMON receives such formalized operation -schemes from the user and applies those to the target memory regions. Users -can get and set the schemes by reading from and writing to files under this -directory. +The directory for DAMON-based Operation Schemes (:ref:`DAMOS +<damon_design_damos>`). Users can get and set the schemes by reading from and +writing to files under this directory. In the beginning, this directory has only one file, ``nr_schemes``. Writing a number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0`` to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each DAMON-based operation scheme. +.. _sysfs_scheme: + schemes/<N>/ ------------ -In each scheme directory, five directories (``access_pattern``, ``quotas``, -``watermarks``, ``stats``, and ``tried_regions``) and one file (``action``) -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 +from the file and their meaning are same to those of the list on +:ref:`design doc <damon_design_damos_action>`. -The ``action`` file is for setting and getting what action you want to apply to -memory regions having specific access pattern of the interest. The keywords -that can be written to and read from the file and their meaning are as below. +The ``target_nid`` file is for setting the migration target node, which is +only meaningful when the ``action`` is either ``migrate_hot`` or +``migrate_cold``. - - ``willneed``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_WILLNEED`` - - ``cold``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLD`` - - ``pageout``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_PAGEOUT`` - - ``hugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_HUGEPAGE`` - - ``nohugepage``: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE`` - - ``lru_prio``: Prioritize the region on its LRU lists. - - ``lru_deprio``: Deprioritize the region on its LRU lists. - - ``stat``: Do nothing but count the statistics +The ``apply_interval_us`` file is for setting and getting the scheme's +:ref:`apply_interval <damon_design_damos>` in microseconds. + +.. _sysfs_access_pattern: schemes/<N>/access_pattern/ --------------------------- -The target access pattern of each DAMON-based operation scheme is constructed -with three ranges including the size of the region in bytes, number of -monitored accesses per aggregate interval, and number of aggregated intervals -for the age of the region. +The directory for the target access :ref:`pattern +<damon_design_damos_access_pattern>` of the given DAMON-based operation scheme. Under the ``access_pattern`` directory, three directories (``sz``, ``nr_accesses``, and ``age``) each having two files (``min`` and ``max``) exist. You can set and get the access pattern for the given scheme by writing to and reading from the ``min`` and ``max`` files under ``sz``, -``nr_accesses``, and ``age`` directories, respectively. +``nr_accesses``, and ``age`` directories, respectively. Note that the ``min`` +and the ``max`` form a closed interval. + +.. _sysfs_quotas: schemes/<N>/quotas/ ------------------- -Optimal ``target access pattern`` for each ``action`` is workload dependent, so -not easy to find. Worse yet, setting a scheme of some action too aggressive -can cause severe overhead. To avoid such overhead, users can limit time and -size quota for each scheme. In detail, users can ask DAMON to try to use only -up to specific time (``time quota``) for applying the action, and to apply the -action to only up to specific amount (``size quota``) of memory regions having -the target access pattern within a given time interval (``reset interval``). +The directory for the :ref:`quotas <damon_design_damos_quotas>` of the given +DAMON-based operation scheme. -When the quota limit is expected to be exceeded, DAMON prioritizes found memory -regions of the ``target access pattern`` based on their size, access frequency, -and age. For personalized prioritization, users can set the weights for the -three properties. - -Under ``quotas`` directory, three files (``ms``, ``bytes``, -``reset_interval_ms``) and one directory (``weights``) having three files -(``sz_permil``, ``nr_accesses_permil``, and ``age_permil``) in it exist. +Under ``quotas`` directory, four files (``ms``, ``bytes``, +``reset_interval_ms``, ``effective_bytes``) and two directories (``weights`` and +``goals``) exist. You can set the ``time quota`` in milliseconds, ``size quota`` in bytes, and ``reset interval`` in milliseconds by writing the values to the three files, -respectively. You can also set the prioritization weights for size, access -frequency, and age in per-thousand unit by writing the values to the three -files under the ``weights`` directory. +respectively. Then, DAMON tries to use only up to ``time quota`` milliseconds +for applying the ``action`` to memory regions of the ``access_pattern``, and to +apply the action to only up to ``bytes`` bytes of memory regions within the +``reset_interval_ms``. Setting both ``ms`` and ``bytes`` zero disables the +quota limits unless at least one :ref:`goal <sysfs_schemes_quota_goals>` is +set. + +The time quota is internally transformed to a size quota. Between the +transformed size quota and user-specified size quota, smaller one is applied. +Based on the user-specified :ref:`goal <sysfs_schemes_quota_goals>`, the +effective size quota is further adjusted. Reading ``effective_bytes`` returns +the current effective size quota. The file is not updated in real time, so +users should ask DAMON sysfs interface to update the content of the file for +the stats by writing a special keyword, ``update_schemes_effective_quotas`` to +the relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file. + +Under ``weights`` directory, three files (``sz_permil``, +``nr_accesses_permil``, and ``age_permil``) exist. +You can set the :ref:`prioritization weights +<damon_design_damos_quotas_prioritization>` for size, access frequency, and age +in per-thousand unit by writing the values to the three files under the +``weights`` directory. + +.. _sysfs_schemes_quota_goals: + +schemes/<N>/quotas/goals/ +------------------------- + +The directory for the :ref:`automatic quota tuning goals +<damon_design_damos_quotas_auto_tuning>` of the given DAMON-based operation +scheme. + +In the beginning, this directory has only one file, ``nr_goals``. Writing a +number (``N``) to the file creates the number of child directories named ``0`` +to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each goal and current achievement. +Among the multiple feedback, the best one is used. + +Each goal directory contains five files, namely ``target_metric``, +``target_value``, ``current_value`` ``nid`` and ``path``. Users can set and +get the five parameters for the quota auto-tuning goals that specified on the +:ref:`design doc <damon_design_damos_quotas_auto_tuning>` by writing to and +reading from each of the files. Note that users should further write +``commit_schemes_quota_goals`` to the ``state`` file of the :ref:`kdamond +directory <sysfs_kdamond>` to pass the feedback to DAMON. + +.. _sysfs_watermarks: schemes/<N>/watermarks/ ----------------------- -To allow easy activation and deactivation of each scheme based on system -status, DAMON provides a feature called watermarks. The feature receives five -values called ``metric``, ``interval``, ``high``, ``mid``, and ``low``. The -``metric`` is the system metric such as free memory ratio that can be measured. -If the metric value of the system is higher than the value in ``high`` or lower -than ``low`` at the memoent, the scheme is deactivated. If the value is lower -than ``mid``, the scheme is activated. +The directory for the :ref:`watermarks <damon_design_damos_watermarks>` of the +given DAMON-based operation scheme. Under the watermarks directory, five files (``metric``, ``interval_us``, -``high``, ``mid``, and ``low``) for setting each value exist. You can set and +``high``, ``mid``, and ``low``) for setting the metric, the time interval +between check of the metric, and the three watermarks exist. You can set and get the five values by writing to the files, respectively. Keywords and meanings of those that can be written to the ``metric`` file are @@ -347,48 +444,149 @@ as below. The ``interval`` should written in microseconds unit. +.. _sysfs_filters: + +schemes/<N>/{core\_,ops\_,}filters/ +----------------------------------- + +Directories for :ref:`filters <damon_design_damos_filters>` of the given +DAMON-based operation scheme. + +``core_filters`` and ``ops_filters`` directories are for the filters handled by +the DAMON core layer and operations set layer, respectively. ``filters`` +directory can be used for installing filters regardless of their handled +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. + +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`` +to ``N-1``. Each directory represents each filter. The filters are evaluated +in the numeric order. + +Each filter directory contains nine files, namely ``type``, ``matching``, +``allow``, ``memcg_path``, ``addr_start``, ``addr_end``, ``min``, ``max`` +and ``target_idx``. To ``type`` file, you can write the type of the filter. +Refer to :ref:`the design doc <damon_design_damos_filters>` for available type +names, their meaning and on what layer those are handled. + +For ``memcg`` type, you can specify the memory cgroup of the interest by +writing the path of the memory cgroup from the cgroups mount point to +``memcg_path`` file. For ``addr`` type, you can specify the start and end +address of the range (open-ended interval) to ``addr_start`` and ``addr_end`` +files, respectively. For ``hugepage_size`` type, you can specify the minimum +and maximum size of the range (closed interval) to ``min`` and ``max`` files, +respectively. For ``target`` type, you can specify the index of the target +between the list of the DAMON context's monitoring targets list to +``target_idx`` file. + +You can write ``Y`` or ``N`` to ``matching`` file to specify whether the filter +is for memory that matches the ``type``. You can write ``Y`` or ``N`` to +``allow`` file to specify if applying the action to the memory that satisfies +the ``type`` and ``matching`` should be allowed or not. + +For example, below restricts a DAMOS action to be applied to only non-anonymous +pages of all memory cgroups except ``/having_care_already``.:: + + # cd ops_filters/0/ + # echo 2 > nr_filters + # # disallow anonymous pages + echo anon > 0/type + echo Y > 0/matching + echo N > 0/allow + # # further filter out all cgroups except one at '/having_care_already' + echo memcg > 1/type + echo /having_care_already > 1/memcg_path + echo Y > 1/matching + echo N > 1/allow + +Refer to the :ref:`DAMOS filters design documentation +<damon_design_damos_filters>` for more details including how multiple filters +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/ ------------------ -DAMON counts the total number and bytes of regions that each scheme is tried to -be applied, the two numbers for the regions that each scheme is successfully -applied, and the total number of the quota limit exceeds. This statistics can -be used for online analysis or tuning of the schemes. +DAMON counts statistics for each scheme. This statistics can be used for +online analysis or tuning of the schemes. Refer to :ref:`design doc +<damon_design_damos_stat>` for more details about the stats. The statistics can be retrieved by reading the files under ``stats`` directory -(``nr_tried``, ``sz_tried``, ``nr_applied``, ``sz_applied``, and -``qt_exceeds``), respectively. The files are not updated in real time, so you -should ask DAMON sysfs interface to updte the content of the files for the -stats by writing a special keyword, ``update_schemes_stats`` to the relevant -``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file. +(``nr_tried``, ``sz_tried``, ``nr_applied``, ``sz_applied``, +``sz_ops_filter_passed``, and ``qt_exceeds``), respectively. The files are not +updated in real time, so you should ask DAMON sysfs interface to update the +content of the files for the stats by writing a special keyword, +``update_schemes_stats`` to the relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file. .. _sysfs_schemes_tried_regions: schemes/<N>/tried_regions/ -------------------------- +This directory initially has one file, ``total_bytes``. + When a special keyword, ``update_schemes_tried_regions``, is written to the -relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file, DAMON creates directories named integer -starting from ``0`` under this directory. Each directory contains files -exposing detailed information about each of the memory region that the -corresponding scheme's ``action`` has tried to be applied under this directory, -during next :ref:`aggregation interval <sysfs_monitoring_attrs>`. The -information includes address range, ``nr_accesses``, , and ``age`` of the -region. +relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file, DAMON updates the ``total_bytes`` file so +that reading it returns the total size of the scheme tried regions, and creates +directories named integer starting from ``0`` under this directory. Each +directory contains files exposing detailed information about each of the memory +region that the corresponding scheme's ``action`` has tried to be applied under +this directory, during next :ref:`apply interval <damon_design_damos>` of the +corresponding scheme. The information includes address range, ``nr_accesses``, +and ``age`` of the region. + +Writing ``update_schemes_tried_bytes`` to the relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` +file will only update the ``total_bytes`` file, and will not create the +subdirectories. The directories will be removed when another special keyword, ``clear_schemes_tried_regions``, is written to the relevant ``kdamonds/<N>/state`` file. +The expected usage of this directory is investigations of schemes' behaviors, +and query-like efficient data access monitoring results retrievals. For the +latter use case, in particular, users can set the ``action`` as ``stat`` and +set the ``access pattern`` as their interested pattern that they want to query. + +.. _sysfs_schemes_tried_region: + tried_regions/<N>/ ------------------ -In each region directory, you will find four files (``start``, ``end``, -``nr_accesses``, and ``age``). Reading the files will show the start and end -addresses, ``nr_accesses``, and ``age`` of the region that corresponding -DAMON-based operation scheme ``action`` has tried to be applied. +In each region directory, you will find five files (``start``, ``end``, +``nr_accesses``, ``age``, and ``sz_filter_passed``). Reading the files will +show the properties of the region that corresponding DAMON-based operation +scheme ``action`` has tried to be applied. Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -427,319 +625,60 @@ memory rate becomes larger than 60%, or lower than 30%". :: # echo 300 > watermarks/low Please note that it's highly recommended to use user space tools like `damo -<https://github.com/awslabs/damo>`_ rather than manually reading and writing +<https://github.com/damonitor/damo>`_ rather than manually reading and writing the files as above. Above is only for an example. -.. _debugfs_interface: - -debugfs Interface -================= - -.. note:: - - DAMON debugfs interface will be removed after next LTS kernel is released, so - users should move to the :ref:`sysfs interface <sysfs_interface>`. - -DAMON exports eight files, ``attrs``, ``target_ids``, ``init_regions``, -``schemes``, ``monitor_on``, ``kdamond_pid``, ``mk_contexts`` and -``rm_contexts`` under its debugfs directory, ``<debugfs>/damon/``. - - -Attributes ----------- - -Users can get and set the ``sampling interval``, ``aggregation interval``, -``update interval``, and min/max number of monitoring target regions by -reading from and writing to the ``attrs`` file. To know about the monitoring -attributes in detail, please refer to the :doc:`/mm/damon/design`. For -example, below commands set those values to 5 ms, 100 ms, 1,000 ms, 10 and -1000, and then check it again:: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # echo 5000 100000 1000000 10 1000 > attrs - # cat attrs - 5000 100000 1000000 10 1000 - - -Target IDs ----------- - -Some types of address spaces supports multiple monitoring target. For example, -the virtual memory address spaces monitoring can have multiple processes as the -monitoring targets. Users can set the targets by writing relevant id values of -the targets to, and get the ids of the current targets by reading from the -``target_ids`` file. In case of the virtual address spaces monitoring, the -values should be pids of the monitoring target processes. For example, below -commands set processes having pids 42 and 4242 as the monitoring targets and -check it again:: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # echo 42 4242 > target_ids - # cat target_ids - 42 4242 - -Users can also monitor the physical memory address space of the system by -writing a special keyword, "``paddr\n``" to the file. Because physical address -space monitoring doesn't support multiple targets, reading the file will show a -fake value, ``42``, as below:: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # echo paddr > target_ids - # cat target_ids - 42 - -Note that setting the target ids doesn't start the monitoring. - - -Initial Monitoring Target Regions ---------------------------------- - -In case of the virtual address space monitoring, DAMON automatically sets and -updates the monitoring target regions so that entire memory mappings of target -processes can be covered. However, users can want to limit the monitoring -region to specific address ranges, such as the heap, the stack, or specific -file-mapped area. Or, some users can know the initial access pattern of their -workloads and therefore want to set optimal initial regions for the 'adaptive -regions adjustment'. - -In contrast, DAMON do not automatically sets and updates the monitoring target -regions in case of physical memory monitoring. Therefore, users should set the -monitoring target regions by themselves. - -In such cases, users can explicitly set the initial monitoring target regions -as they want, by writing proper values to the ``init_regions`` file. The input -should be a sequence of three integers separated by white spaces that represent -one region in below form.:: - - <target idx> <start address> <end address> - -The ``target idx`` should be the index of the target in ``target_ids`` file, -starting from ``0``, and the regions should be passed in address order. For -example, below commands will set a couple of address ranges, ``1-100`` and -``100-200`` as the initial monitoring target region of pid 42, which is the -first one (index ``0``) in ``target_ids``, and another couple of address -ranges, ``20-40`` and ``50-100`` as that of pid 4242, which is the second one -(index ``1``) in ``target_ids``.:: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # cat target_ids - 42 4242 - # echo "0 1 100 \ - 0 100 200 \ - 1 20 40 \ - 1 50 100" > init_regions - -Note that this sets the initial monitoring target regions only. In case of -virtual memory monitoring, DAMON will automatically updates the boundary of the -regions after one ``update interval``. Therefore, users should set the -``update interval`` large enough in this case, if they don't want the -update. - - -Schemes -------- - -For usual DAMON-based data access aware memory management optimizations, users -would simply want the system to apply a memory management action to a memory -region of a specific access pattern. DAMON receives such formalized operation -schemes from the user and applies those to the target processes. - -Users can get and set the schemes by reading from and writing to ``schemes`` -debugfs file. Reading the file also shows the statistics of each scheme. To -the file, each of the schemes should be represented in each line in below -form:: - - <target access pattern> <action> <quota> <watermarks> - -You can disable schemes by simply writing an empty string to the file. - -Target Access Pattern -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -The ``<target access pattern>`` is constructed with three ranges in below -form:: - - min-size max-size min-acc max-acc min-age max-age - -Specifically, bytes for the size of regions (``min-size`` and ``max-size``), -number of monitored accesses per aggregate interval for access frequency -(``min-acc`` and ``max-acc``), number of aggregate intervals for the age of -regions (``min-age`` and ``max-age``) are specified. Note that the ranges are -closed interval. - -Action -~~~~~~ - -The ``<action>`` is a predefined integer for memory management actions, which -DAMON will apply to the regions having the target access pattern. The -supported numbers and their meanings are as below. - - - 0: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_WILLNEED`` - - 1: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_COLD`` - - 2: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_PAGEOUT`` - - 3: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_HUGEPAGE`` - - 4: Call ``madvise()`` for the region with ``MADV_NOHUGEPAGE`` - - 5: Do nothing but count the statistics - -Quota -~~~~~ - -Optimal ``target access pattern`` for each ``action`` is workload dependent, so -not easy to find. Worse yet, setting a scheme of some action too aggressive -can cause severe overhead. To avoid such overhead, users can limit time and -size quota for the scheme via the ``<quota>`` in below form:: - - <ms> <sz> <reset interval> <priority weights> - -This makes DAMON to try to use only up to ``<ms>`` milliseconds for applying -the action to memory regions of the ``target access pattern`` within the -``<reset interval>`` milliseconds, and to apply the action to only up to -``<sz>`` bytes of memory regions within the ``<reset interval>``. Setting both -``<ms>`` and ``<sz>`` zero disables the quota limits. - -When the quota limit is expected to be exceeded, DAMON prioritizes found memory -regions of the ``target access pattern`` based on their size, access frequency, -and age. For personalized prioritization, users can set the weights for the -three properties in ``<priority weights>`` in below form:: - - <size weight> <access frequency weight> <age weight> - -Watermarks -~~~~~~~~~~ - -Some schemes would need to run based on current value of the system's specific -metrics like free memory ratio. For such cases, users can specify watermarks -for the condition.:: - - <metric> <check interval> <high mark> <middle mark> <low mark> - -``<metric>`` is a predefined integer for the metric to be checked. The -supported numbers and their meanings are as below. - - - 0: Ignore the watermarks - - 1: System's free memory rate (per thousand) - -The value of the metric is checked every ``<check interval>`` microseconds. - -If the value is higher than ``<high mark>`` or lower than ``<low mark>``, the -scheme is deactivated. If the value is lower than ``<mid mark>``, the scheme -is activated. - -.. _damos_stats: - -Statistics -~~~~~~~~~~ - -It also counts the total number and bytes of regions that each scheme is tried -to be applied, the two numbers for the regions that each scheme is successfully -applied, and the total number of the quota limit exceeds. This statistics can -be used for online analysis or tuning of the schemes. - -The statistics can be shown by reading the ``schemes`` file. Reading the file -will show each scheme you entered in each line, and the five numbers for the -statistics will be added at the end of each line. - -Example -~~~~~~~ - -Below commands applies a scheme saying "If a memory region of size in [4KiB, -8KiB] is showing accesses per aggregate interval in [0, 5] for aggregate -interval in [10, 20], page out the region. For the paging out, use only up to -10ms per second, and also don't page out more than 1GiB per second. Under the -limitation, page out memory regions having longer age first. Also, check the -free memory rate of the system every 5 seconds, start the monitoring and paging -out when the free memory rate becomes lower than 50%, but stop it if the free -memory rate becomes larger than 60%, or lower than 30%".:: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # scheme="4096 8192 0 5 10 20 2" # target access pattern and action - # scheme+=" 10 $((1024*1024*1024)) 1000" # quotas - # scheme+=" 0 0 100" # prioritization weights - # scheme+=" 1 5000000 600 500 300" # watermarks - # echo "$scheme" > schemes - - -Turning On/Off --------------- - -Setting the files as described above doesn't incur effect unless you explicitly -start the monitoring. You can start, stop, and check the current status of the -monitoring by writing to and reading from the ``monitor_on`` file. Writing -``on`` to the file starts the monitoring of the targets with the attributes. -Writing ``off`` to the file stops those. DAMON also stops if every target -process is terminated. Below example commands turn on, off, and check the -status of DAMON:: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # echo on > monitor_on - # echo off > monitor_on - # cat monitor_on - off - -Please note that you cannot write to the above-mentioned debugfs files while -the monitoring is turned on. If you write to the files while DAMON is running, -an error code such as ``-EBUSY`` will be returned. - - -Monitoring Thread PID ---------------------- - -DAMON does requested monitoring with a kernel thread called ``kdamond``. You -can get the pid of the thread by reading the ``kdamond_pid`` file. When the -monitoring is turned off, reading the file returns ``none``. :: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # cat monitor_on - off - # cat kdamond_pid - none - # echo on > monitor_on - # cat kdamond_pid - 18594 - - -Using Multiple Monitoring Threads ---------------------------------- - -One ``kdamond`` thread is created for each monitoring context. You can create -and remove monitoring contexts for multiple ``kdamond`` required use case using -the ``mk_contexts`` and ``rm_contexts`` files. - -Writing the name of the new context to the ``mk_contexts`` file creates a -directory of the name on the DAMON debugfs directory. The directory will have -DAMON debugfs files for the context. :: - - # cd <debugfs>/damon - # ls foo - # ls: cannot access 'foo': No such file or directory - # echo foo > mk_contexts - # ls foo - # attrs init_regions kdamond_pid schemes target_ids - -If the context is not needed anymore, you can remove it and the corresponding -directory by putting the name of the context to the ``rm_contexts`` file. :: - - # echo foo > rm_contexts - # ls foo - # ls: cannot access 'foo': No such file or directory - -Note that ``mk_contexts``, ``rm_contexts``, and ``monitor_on`` files are in the -root directory only. - - .. _tracepoint: -Tracepoint for Monitoring Results -================================= +Tracepoints for Monitoring Results +================================== + +Users can get the monitoring results via the :ref:`tried_regions +<sysfs_schemes_tried_regions>`. The interface is useful for getting a +snapshot, but it could be inefficient for fully recording all the monitoring +results. For the purpose, two trace points, namely ``damon:damon_aggregated`` +and ``damon:damos_before_apply``, are provided. ``damon:damon_aggregated`` +provides the whole monitoring results, while ``damon:damos_before_apply`` +provides the monitoring results for regions that each DAMON-based Operation +Scheme (:ref:`DAMOS <damon_design_damos>`) is gonna be applied. Hence, +``damon:damos_before_apply`` is more useful for recording internal behavior of +DAMOS, or DAMOS target access +:ref:`pattern <damon_design_damos_access_pattern>` based query-like efficient +monitoring results recording. + +While the monitoring is turned on, you could record the tracepoint events and +show results using tracepoint supporting tools like ``perf``. For example:: -DAMON provides the monitoring results via a tracepoint, -``damon:damon_aggregated``. While the monitoring is turned on, you could -record the tracepoint events and show results using tracepoint supporting tools -like ``perf``. For example:: - - # echo on > monitor_on + # echo on > kdamonds/0/state # perf record -e damon:damon_aggregated & # sleep 5 # kill 9 $(pidof perf) - # echo off > monitor_on + # echo off > kdamonds/0/state # perf script + kdamond.0 46568 [027] 79357.842179: damon:damon_aggregated: target_id=0 nr_regions=11 122509119488-135708762112: 0 864 + [...] + +Each line of the perf script output represents each monitoring region. The +first five fields are as usual other tracepoint outputs. The sixth field +(``target_id=X``) shows the ide of the monitoring target of the region. The +seventh field (``nr_regions=X``) shows the total number of monitoring regions +for the target. The eighth field (``X-Y:``) shows the start (``X``) and end +(``Y``) addresses of the region in bytes. The ninth field (``X``) shows the +``nr_accesses`` of the region (refer to +:ref:`design <damon_design_region_based_sampling>` for more details of the +counter). Finally the tenth field (``X``) shows the ``age`` of the region +(refer to :ref:`design <damon_design_age_tracking>` for more details of the +counter). + +If the event was ``damon:damos_beofre_apply``, the ``perf script`` output would +be somewhat like below:: + + kdamond.0 47293 [000] 80801.060214: damon:damos_before_apply: ctx_idx=0 scheme_idx=0 target_idx=0 nr_regions=11 121932607488-135128711168: 0 136 + [...] + +Each line of the output represents each monitoring region that each DAMON-based +Operation Scheme was about to be applied at the traced time. The first five +fields are as usual. It shows the index of the DAMON context (``ctx_idx=X``) +of the scheme in the list of the contexts of the context's kdamond, the index +of the scheme (``scheme_idx=X``) in the list of the schemes of the context, in +addition to the output of ``damon_aggregated`` tracepoint. |