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diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst index 4bfdf1d30c4a..134912166f5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst @@ -380,12 +380,21 @@ number of filters for each scheme. Each filter specifies the type of target memory, and whether it should exclude the memory of the type (filter-out), or all except the memory of the type (filter-in). -As of this writing, anonymous page type and memory cgroup type are supported by -the feature. Some filter target types can require additional arguments. For -example, the memory cgroup filter type asks users to specify the file path of -the memory cgroup for the filter. Hence, users can apply specific schemes to -only anonymous pages, non-anonymous pages, pages of specific cgroups, all pages -excluding those of specific cgroups, and any combination of those. +Currently, anonymous page, memory cgroup, and address range type filters are +supported by the feature. Some filter target types can require additional +arguments. For example, the memory cgroup filter type asks users to specify +the file path of the memory cgroup for the filter, while the address range type +asks the start and end addresses of the range. Hence, users can apply specific +schemes to only anonymous pages, non-anonymous pages, pages of specific +cgroups, all pages excluding those of specific cgroups, pages in specific +address range, and any combination of those. + +To handle filters efficiently, the address range type filter is handled by the +core layer, while others are handled by operations set. If a memory region is +filtered by the core layer-handled filter, it is not counted as the scheme has +tried to the region. In contrast, if a memory regions is filtered by an +operations set layer-handled filter, it is counted as the scheme has tried. +The difference in accounting leads to changes in the statistics. Application Programming Interface |