diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst index 134912166f5a..a20383d01a95 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst @@ -380,21 +380,24 @@ 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). -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. +Currently, anonymous page, memory cgroup, address range, and DAMON monitoring +target type filters are supported by the feature. Some filter target types +require additional arguments. The memory cgroup filter type asks users to +specify the file path of the memory cgroup for the filter. The address range +type asks the start and end addresses of the range. The DAMON monitoring +target type asks the index of the target from the context's monitoring targets +list. 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, pages in specific DAMON +monitoring targets, 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. +To handle filters efficiently, the address range and DAMON monitoring target +type filters are handled by the core layer, while others are handled by +operations set. If a memory region is filtered by a 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