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Message-ID: <20251026182216.118200-7-sj@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:22:11 -0700
From: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	damon@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document addr_unit parameter

Commit 2e0fe9245d6b ("mm/damon/lru_sort: support addr_unit for
DAMON_LRU_SORT") introduced the 'addr_unit' parameter for
DAMON_LRU_SORT.  But the usage document is not updated for that.  Update
the document.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
---
 .../admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst         | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
index 7b0775d281b4..72a943202676 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
@@ -211,6 +211,28 @@ End of target memory region in physical address.
 The end physical address of memory region that DAMON_LRU_SORT will do work
 against.  By default, biggest System RAM is used as the region.
 
+addr_unit
+---------
+
+A scale factor for memory addresses and bytes.
+
+This parameter is for setting and getting the :ref:`address unit
+<damon_design_addr_unit>` parameter of the DAMON instance for DAMON_RECLAIM.
+
+``monitor_region_start`` and ``monitor_region_end`` should be provided in this
+unit.  For example, let's suppose ``addr_unit``, ``monitor_region_start`` and
+``monitor_region_end`` are set as ``1024``, ``0`` and ``10``, respectively.
+Then DAMON_LRU_SORT will work for 10 KiB length of physical address range that
+starts from address zero (``[0 * 1024, 10 * 1024)`` in bytes).
+
+Stat parameters having ``bytes_`` prefix are also in this unit.  For example,
+let's suppose values of ``addr_unit``, ``bytes_lru_sort_tried_hot_regions`` and
+``bytes_lru_sorted_hot_regions`` are ``1024``, ``42``, and ``32``,
+respectively.  Then it means DAMON_LRU_SORT tried to LRU-sort 42 KiB of hot
+memory and successfully LRU-sorted 32 KiB of the memory in total.
+
+If unsure, use only the default value (``1``) and forget about this.
+
 kdamond_pid
 -----------
 
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