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The quilt patch titled
Subject: Docs/mm/damon/design: categorize DAMOS filter types based on handling layer
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
docs-mm-damon-design-categorize-damos-filter-types-based-on-handling-layer.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: SeongJae Park <[email protected]>
Subject: Docs/mm/damon/design: categorize DAMOS filter types based on handling layer
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:37:08 -0800

On what DAMON layer a DAMOS filter is handled is important to expect in what order filters will be evaluated. Re-organize the DAMOS filter types list on the design doc to categorize types based on the handling layer, to let users more easily understand the handling order.

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 Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst |   34 ++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst renamed from Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst~docs-mm-damon-design-categorize-damos-filter-types-based-on-handling-layer +15 -19
@@ -602,25 +602,21 @@ filters-checking overhead.
 
 Below ``type`` of filters are currently supported.
 
-- anon
-    - Applied to pages that containing data that not stored in files.
-    - Handled by operations set layer.  Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
-- memcg
-    - Applied to pages that belonging to a given cgroup.
-    - Handled by operations set layer.  Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
-- young
-    - Applied to pages that are accessed after the last access check from the
-      scheme.
-    - Handled by operations set layer.  Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
-- hugepage_size
-    - Applied to pages that managed in a given size range.
-    - Handled by operations set layer.  Supported by only ``paddr`` set.
-- addr
-    - Applied to pages that belonging to a given address range.
-    - Handled by the core logic.
-- target
-    - Applied to pages that belonging to a given DAMON monitoring target.
-    - Handled by the core logic.
+- Core layer handled
+    - addr
+        - Applied to pages that belonging to a given address range.
+    - target
+        - Applied to pages that belonging to a given DAMON monitoring target.
+- Operations layer handled, supported by only ``paddr`` operations set.
+    - anon
+        - Applied to pages that containing data that not stored in files.
+    - memcg
+        - Applied to pages that belonging to a given cgroup.
+    - young
+        - Applied to pages that are accessed after the last access check from the
+          scheme.
+    - hugepage_size
+        - Applied to pages that managed in a given size range.
 
 To know how user-space can set the filters via :ref:`DAMON sysfs interface
 <sysfs_interface>`, refer to :ref:`filters <sysfs_filters>` part of the

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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-let-damon_sysfs_scheme_set_filters-be-used-for-different-named-directories.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-implement-core_filters-and-ops_filters-directories.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-commit-filters-in-coreops_filters-directories.patch mm-damon-core-expose-damos_filter_for_ops-to-damon-kernel-api-callers.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-record-filters-of-which-layer-should-be-added-to-the-given-filters-directory.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-return-error-when-for-attempts-to-install-filters-on-wrong-sysfs-directory.patch docs-abi-damon-document-coreops_filters-directories.patch docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-for-coreops_filters-directories.patch mm-damon-sysfs-validate-user-inputs-from-damon_sysfs_commit_input.patch mm-damon-core-invoke-kdamond_call-after-merging-is-done-if-possible.patch mm-damon-core-make-damon_set_attrs-be-safe-to-be-called-from-damon_call.patch mm-damon-sysfs-handle-commit-command-using-damon_call.patch mm-damon-sysfs-remove-damon_sysfs_cmd_request-code-from-damon_sysfs_handle_cmd.patch mm-damon-sysfs-remove-damon_sysfs_cmd_request_callback-and-its-callers.patch mm-damon-sysfs-remove-damon_sysfs_cmd_request-and-its-readers.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-remove-obsolete-comment-for-damon_sysfs_schemes_clear_regions.patch mm-damon-remove-damon_callback-private.patch mm-damon-remove-before_start-of-damon_callback.patch mm-damon-remove-damon_callback-after_sampling.patch mm-damon-remove-damon_callback-before_damos_apply.patch mm-damon-remove-damon_operations-reset_aggregated.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-avoid-wformat-security-warning-on-damon_sysfs_access_pattern_add_range_dir.patch mm-madvise-use-is_memory_failure-from-madvise_do_behavior.patch mm-madvise-split-out-populate-behavior-check-logic.patch mm-madvise-deduplicate-madvise_do_behavior-skip-case-handlings.patch mm-madvise-remove-len-parameter-of-madvise_do_behavior.patch