From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 04/11] mm/damon/paddr: activate DAMOS_LRU_PRIO targets instead of marking accessed
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:27:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260113152717.70459-5-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260113152717.70459-1-sj@kernel.org>
DAMOS_LRU_DEPRIOD directly deactivates the pages, while DAMOS_LRU_PRIO
calls folio_mark_accessed(), which does incremental activation. The
incremental activation was assumed to be useful for making sure the
pages of the hot memory region are really hot. After the introduction
of DAMOS_LRU_PRIO, the young page filter has added. Users can use the
young page filter to make sure the page is eligible to be activated.
Meanwhile, the asymmetric behavior of DAMOS_LRU_[DE]PRIO can confuse
users.
Directly activate given pages for DAMOS_LRU_PRIO, to eliminate the
unnecessary incremental activation steps, and be symmetric with
DAMOS_LRU_DEPRIO for easier usages.
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
mm/damon/paddr.c | 18 ++++++++----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/damon/paddr.c b/mm/damon/paddr.c
index 7d887a3c0866..4c2c935d82d6 100644
--- a/mm/damon/paddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/paddr.c
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_pageout(struct damon_region *r,
return damon_pa_core_addr(applied * PAGE_SIZE, addr_unit);
}
-static inline unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(
+static inline unsigned long damon_pa_de_activate(
struct damon_region *r, unsigned long addr_unit,
- struct damos *s, bool mark_accessed,
+ struct damos *s, bool activate,
unsigned long *sz_filter_passed)
{
phys_addr_t addr, applied = 0;
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ static inline unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(
else
*sz_filter_passed += folio_size(folio) / addr_unit;
- if (mark_accessed)
- folio_mark_accessed(folio);
+ if (activate)
+ folio_activate(folio);
else
folio_deactivate(folio);
applied += folio_nr_pages(folio);
@@ -240,20 +240,18 @@ static inline unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(
return damon_pa_core_addr(applied * PAGE_SIZE, addr_unit);
}
-static unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed(struct damon_region *r,
+static unsigned long damon_pa_activate_pages(struct damon_region *r,
unsigned long addr_unit, struct damos *s,
unsigned long *sz_filter_passed)
{
- return damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(r, addr_unit, s, true,
- sz_filter_passed);
+ return damon_pa_de_activate(r, addr_unit, s, true, sz_filter_passed);
}
static unsigned long damon_pa_deactivate_pages(struct damon_region *r,
unsigned long addr_unit, struct damos *s,
unsigned long *sz_filter_passed)
{
- return damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(r, addr_unit, s, false,
- sz_filter_passed);
+ return damon_pa_de_activate(r, addr_unit, s, false, sz_filter_passed);
}
static unsigned long damon_pa_migrate(struct damon_region *r,
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
case DAMOS_PAGEOUT:
return damon_pa_pageout(r, aunit, scheme, sz_filter_passed);
case DAMOS_LRU_PRIO:
- return damon_pa_mark_accessed(r, aunit, scheme,
+ return damon_pa_activate_pages(r, aunit, scheme,
sz_filter_passed);
case DAMOS_LRU_DEPRIO:
return damon_pa_deactivate_pages(r, aunit, scheme,
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-13 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-13 15:27 [PATCH 00/11] mm/damon: advance DAMOS-based LRU sorting SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 01/11] mm/damon/core: introduce [in]active memory ratio damos quota goal metric SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 02/11] mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: support DAMOS_QUOTA_[IN]ACTIVE_MEM_BP SeongJae Park
2026-01-14 2:57 ` wang lian
2026-01-14 2:57 ` wang lian
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 03/11] Docs/mm/damon/design: document DAMOS_QUOTA_[IN]ACTIVE_MEM_BP SeongJae Park
2026-01-14 2:51 ` wang lian
2026-01-13 15:27 ` SeongJae Park [this message]
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 05/11] mm/damon/lru_sort: consider age for quota prioritization SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 06/11] mm/damon/lru_sort: support young page filters SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 07/11] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document filter_young_pages SeongJae Park
2026-01-14 3:25 ` wang lian
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 08/11] mm/damon/lru_sort: support active:inactive memory ratio based auto-tuning SeongJae Park
2026-01-14 5:36 ` wang lian
2026-01-14 5:53 ` SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 09/11] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document active_mem_bp parameter SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 10/11] mm/damon/lru_sort: add monitoring intervals auto-tuning parameter SeongJae Park
2026-01-13 15:27 ` [PATCH 11/11] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document intervals autotuning SeongJae Park
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