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diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst index 5e0a50583500..dafd6d028924 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/index.rst @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DAMON: Data Access MONitor DAMON is a Linux kernel subsystem that provides a framework for data access monitoring and the monitoring results based system operations. The core -monitoring mechanisms of DAMON (refer to :doc:`design` for the detail) make it +monitoring :ref:`mechanisms <damon_design_monitoring>` of DAMON make it - *accurate* (the monitoring output is useful enough for DRAM level memory management; It might not appropriate for CPU Cache levels, though), @@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ monitoring mechanisms of DAMON (refer to :doc:`design` for the detail) make it of the size of target workloads). Using this framework, therefore, the kernel can operate system in an -access-aware fashion. Because the features are also exposed to the user space, -users who have special information about their workloads can write personalized -applications for better understanding and optimizations of their workloads and -systems. +access-aware fashion. Because the features are also exposed to the :doc:`user +space </admin-guide/mm/damon/index>`, users who have special information about +their workloads can write personalized applications for better understanding +and optimizations of their workloads and systems. -For easier development of such systems, DAMON provides a feature called DAMOS -(DAMon-based Operation Schemes) in addition to the monitoring. Using the -feature, DAMON users in both kernel and user spaces can do access-aware system -operations with no code but simple configurations. +For easier development of such systems, DAMON provides a feature called +:ref:`DAMOS <damon_design_damos>` (DAMon-based Operation Schemes) in addition +to the monitoring. Using the feature, DAMON users in both kernel and :doc:`user +spaces </admin-guide/mm/damon/index>` can do access-aware system operations +with no code but simple configurations. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 @@ -33,3 +34,6 @@ operations with no code but simple configurations. design api maintainer-profile + +To utilize and control DAMON from the user-space, please refer to the +administration :doc:`guide </admin-guide/mm/damon/index>`. |