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From: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, paul@paul-moore.com,
	jmorris@namei.org, serge@hallyn.com, omosnace@redhat.com,
	mhocko@suse.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	bpf@vger.kernel.org, ligang.bdlg@bytedance.com,
	Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 1/6] mm, doc: Add doc for MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:15:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231122141559.4228-2-laoar.shao@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231122141559.4228-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com>

The document on MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING was missed in the initial commit
The MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING document was inadvertently omitted from the
initial commit bda420b98505 ("numa balancing: migrate on fault among
multiple bound nodes")

Let's ensure its inclusion.

Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst     | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst
index eca38fa81e0f..19071b71979c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/numa_memory_policy.rst
@@ -332,6 +332,33 @@ MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES
 	MPOL_PREFERRED policies that were created with an empty nodemask
 	(local allocation).
 
+MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING (since Linux 5.12)
+        When operating in MPOL_BIND mode, enables NUMA balancing for tasks,
+        contingent upon kernel support. This feature optimizes page
+        placement within the confines of the specified memory binding
+        policy. The addition of the MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING flag augments the
+        control mechanism for NUMA balancing:
+
+        - The sysctl knob numa_balancing governs global activation or
+          deactivation of NUMA balancing.
+
+        - Even if sysctl numa_balancing is enabled, NUMA balancing remains
+          disabled by default for memory areas or applications utilizing
+          explicit memory policies.
+
+        - The MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING flag facilitates NUMA balancing
+          activation for applications employing explicit memory policies
+          (MPOL_BIND).
+
+        This flags enables various optimizations for page placement through
+        NUMA balancing. For instance, when an application's memory is bound
+        to multiple nodes (MPOL_BIND), the hint page fault handler attempts
+        to migrate accessed pages to reduce cross-node access if the
+        accessing node aligns with the policy nodemask.
+
+        If the flag isn't supported by the kernel, or is used with mode
+        other than MPOL_BIND, -1 is returned and errno is set to EINVAL.
+
 Memory Policy Reference Counting
 ================================
 
-- 
2.30.1 (Apple Git-130)



  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-22 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-22 14:15 [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] mm, security, bpf: Fine-grained control over memory policy adjustments with lsm bpf Yafang Shao
2023-11-22 14:15 ` Yafang Shao [this message]
2023-11-23  6:37   ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/6] mm, doc: Add doc for MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING Huang, Ying
2023-11-22 14:15 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] mm: mempolicy: Revise comment regarding mempolicy mode flags Yafang Shao
2023-11-23  6:30   ` Huang, Ying
2023-11-23 12:21     ` Yafang Shao
2023-11-22 14:15 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] mm, security: Fix missed security_task_movememory() in mbind(2) Yafang Shao

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