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Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: document filter_young_pages
authorSeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:27:12 +0000 (07:27 -0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:02:30 +0000 (20:02 -0800)
Document the new DAMON_LRU_SORT parameter, filter_young_pages.  It can be
used to use page level access re-check for the LRU sorting.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260113152717.70459-8-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: wang lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst

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@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ 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.
 
+filter_young_pages
+------------------
+
+Filter [non-]young pages accordingly for LRU [de]prioritizations.
+
+If this is set, check page level access (youngness) once again before each
+LRU [de]prioritization operation.  LRU prioritization operation is skipped
+if the page has not accessed since the last check (not young).  LRU
+deprioritization operation is skipped if the page has accessed since the
+last check (young).  The feature is enabled or disabled if this parameter is
+set as ``Y`` or ``N``, respectively.
+
+Disabled by default.
+
 hot_thres_access_freq
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