linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/11] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document active_mem

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Message-ID: <20260113152717.70459-10-sj@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:27:14 -0800
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@...nel.org>,
	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 09/11] Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document active_mem_bp parameter

Document a newly added DAMON_LRU_SORT parameter for doing auto-tuning
aiming an active to inactive memory size ratio.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
index bb222a32aefd..6af3ab5579a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ of parametrs except ``enabled`` again.  Once the re-reading is done, this
 parameter is set as ``N``.  If invalid parameters are found while the
 re-reading, DAMON_LRU_SORT will be disabled.
 
+active_mem_bp
+-------------
+
+Desired active to [in]active memory ratio in bp (1/10,000).
+
+While keeping the caps that set by other quotas, DAMON_LRU_SORT automatically
+increases and decreases the effective level of the quota aiming the LRU
+[de]prioritizations of the hot and cold memory resulting in this active to
+[in]active memory ratio.  Value zero means disabling this auto-tuning feature.
+
+Disabled by default.
+
 filter_young_pages
 ------------------
 
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