The Linux Kernel documentation

This is the top level of the kernel’s documentation tree modified for DAMON.

User-oriented documentation

The following manuals are written for users of DAMON — those who are trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.

• Monitoring Data Accesses
  • Getting Started
    • TL; DR
    • Prerequisites
    • Recording Data Access Patterns
    • Visualizing Recorded Patterns
    • Data Access Pattern Aware Memory Management
  • Optimization Guide
    • Check The Signs
    • Profile
    • Optimize
    • Reference Practices
  • Detailed Usages
    • debugfs Interface
    • Tracepoint for Monitoring Results
  • DAMON-based Reclamation
    • Where Proactive Reclamation is Required?
    • How It Works?
    • Interface: Module Parameters
    • Example

Kernel API documentation

These books get into the details of how DAMON work from the point of view of a kernel developer.

• DAMON: Data Access MONitor
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Why a new subsystem, instead of extending perf or other user space tools?
    • Can ‘idle pages tracking’ or ‘perf mem’ substitute DAMON?
    • How can I optimize my system’s memory management using DAMON?
    • Does DAMON support virtual memory only?
    • Can I simply monitor page granularity?
  • Design
    • Configurable Layers
    • Reference Implementations of Address Space Specific Primitives
    • Address Space Independent Core Mechanisms
  • Evaluation
    • Setup
    • Results
  • API Reference
    • Structures
    • Functions

Indices and tables

• Index