linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 13/13] mm/demotion: Add sysfs ABI documentation

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Message-Id: <20220610135229.182859-14-aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:22:29 +0530
From:   "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     Wei Xu <weixugc@...gle.com>, Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Tim C Chen <tim.c.chen@...el.com>,
        Brice Goglin <brice.goglin@...il.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 13/13] mm/demotion: Add sysfs ABI documentation

Add sysfs ABI documentation.

Signed-off-by: Wei Xu <weixugc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers  | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b41d2977b0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-memory-tiers
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Interface for tiered memory
+
+		This is the directory containing the information about memory tiers.
+
+		Each memory tier has its own subdirectory.
+
+		The order of memory tiers is determined by their rank values, not by
+		their memtier device names.  A higher rank value means a higher tier.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/default_tier
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Default memory tier
+
+		The default memory tier to which memory would get added via hotplug
+		if the NUMA node is not part of any memory tier
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/max_tier
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Maximum number of memory tiers supported
+
+		The max memory tier device ID we can create. Users can create memory
+		tiers in range [0 - max_tier)
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/create_tier_from_rank
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Interface to create memory tiers from userspace
+
+		Writing to this file with a rank value results in creation of
+		a new memory tier with the specified rank value. This is used
+		by userspace to create new memory tiers.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/memtierN/
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Directory with details of a specific memory tier
+
+		This is the directory containing the information about a particular
+		memory tier, memtierN, where N is the memtier device ID (e.g. 0, 1).
+
+		The memtier device ID number itself is just an identifier and has no
+		special meaning, i.e. memtier device ID numbers do not determine the
+		order of memory tiers.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/memtierN/rank
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Memory tier rank value
+
+
+		When read, list the "rank" value associated with memtierN.
+
+		"Rank" is an opaque value. Its absolute value doesn't have any
+		special meaning. But the rank values of different memtiers can be
+		compared with each other to determine the memory tier order.
+
+		For example, if we have 3 memtiers: memtier0, memtier1, memiter2, and
+		their rank values are 100, 10, 50, then the memory tier order is:
+		memtier0 -> memtier2 -> memtier1, where memtier0 is the highest tier
+		and memtier1 is the lowest tier.
+
+		The rank value of each memtier should be unique.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memtier/memtierN/nodelist
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Memory tier nodelist
+
+
+		When read, list the memory nodes in the specified tier.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/node/nodeN/memtier
+Date:		June 2022
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@...ck.org>
+Description:	Memory tier details for node N
+
+		When read, list the device ID of the memory tier that the node belongs
+		to.  Its value is empty for a CPU-only NUMA node.
+
+		When written, the kernel moves the node into the specified memory
+		tier if the move is allowed. The tier assignments of all other
+		nodes are not affected.
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