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diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst index 991839200f80..f7029bc840ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst @@ -33,30 +33,6 @@ DAMON subsystem is configured with three layers including layer. -.. _damon_design_configurable_operations_set: - -Configurable Operations Set ---------------------------- - -For data access monitoring and additional low level work, DAMON needs a set of -implementations for specific operations that are dependent on and optimized for -the given target address space. On the other hand, the accuracy and overhead -tradeoff mechanism, which is the core logic of DAMON, is in the pure logic -space. DAMON separates the two parts in different layers, namely DAMON -Operations Set and DAMON Core Logics Layers, respectively. It further defines -the interface between the layers to allow various operations sets to be -configured with the core logic. - -Due to this design, users can extend DAMON for any address space by configuring -the core logic to use the appropriate operations set. If any appropriate set -is unavailable, users can implement one on their own. - -For example, physical memory, virtual memory, swap space, those for specific -processes, NUMA nodes, files, and backing memory devices would be supportable. -Also, if some architectures or devices supporting special optimized access -check primitives, those will be easily configurable. - - Programmable Modules -------------------- @@ -72,11 +48,32 @@ used by the user space end users. Operations Set Layer ==================== -The monitoring operations are defined in two parts: +.. _damon_design_configurable_operations_set: + +For data access monitoring and additional low level work, DAMON needs a set of +implementations for specific operations that are dependent on and optimized for +the given target address space. For example, below two operations for access +monitoring are address-space dependent. 1. Identification of the monitoring target address range for the address space. 2. Access check of specific address range in the target space. +DAMON consolidates these implementations in a layer called DAMON Operations +Set, and defines the interface between it and the upper layer. The upper layer +is dedicated for DAMON's core logics including the mechanism for control of the +monitoring accruracy and the overhead. + +Hence, DAMON can easily be extended for any address space and/or available +hardware features by configuring the core logic to use the appropriate +operations set. If there is no available operations set for a given purpose, a +new operations set can be implemented following the interface between the +layers. + +For example, physical memory, virtual memory, swap space, those for specific +processes, NUMA nodes, files, and backing memory devices would be supportable. +Also, if some architectures or devices support special optimized access check +features, those will be easily configurable. + DAMON currently provides below three operation sets. Below two subsections describe how those work. |