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diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst index 48c0bbff98b2..5e0a50583500 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ DAMON: Data Access MONitor ========================== -DAMON is a data access monitoring framework subsystem for the Linux kernel. -The core mechanisms of DAMON (refer to :doc:`design` for the detail) make it +DAMON is a Linux kernel subsystem that provides a framework for data access +monitoring and the monitoring results based system operations. The core +monitoring mechanisms of DAMON (refer to :doc:`design` for the detail) make it - *accurate* (the monitoring output is useful enough for DRAM level memory management; It might not appropriate for CPU Cache levels, though), @@ -14,12 +15,16 @@ The core mechanisms of DAMON (refer to :doc:`design` for the detail) make it - *scalable* (the upper-bound of the overhead is in constant range regardless of the size of target workloads). -Using this framework, therefore, the kernel's memory management mechanisms can -make advanced decisions. Experimental memory management optimization works -that incurring high data accesses monitoring overhead could implemented again. -In user space, meanwhile, users who have some special workloads can write -personalized applications for better understanding and optimizations of their -workloads and systems. +Using this framework, therefore, the kernel can operate system in an +access-aware fashion. Because the features are also exposed to the user space, +users who have special information about their workloads can write personalized +applications for better understanding and optimizations of their workloads and +systems. + +For easier development of such systems, DAMON provides a feature called DAMOS +(DAMon-based Operation Schemes) in addition to the monitoring. Using the +feature, DAMON users in both kernel and user spaces can do access-aware system +operations with no code but simple configurations. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 @@ -27,3 +32,4 @@ workloads and systems. faq design api + maintainer-profile |