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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst4
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
index 73980bacc3a0..56690646cf39 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst
@@ -351,3 +351,8 @@ the LRU-list based page granularity reclamation. ::
# echo 400 > wmarks_mid
# echo 200 > wmarks_low
# echo Y > enabled
+
+Note that this module (damon_lru_sort) cannot run simultaneously with other
+DAMON-based special-purpose modules. Refer to :ref:`DAMON design special
+purpose modules exclusivity <damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity>`
+for more details.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst
index 8eba3da8dcee..442ac5c64795 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim.rst
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@ granularity reclamation. ::
# echo 200 > wmarks_low
# echo Y > enabled
+Note that this module (damon_reclaim) cannot run simultaneously with other
+DAMON-based special-purpose modules. Refer to :ref:`DAMON design special
+purpose modules exclusivity <damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity>`
+for more details.
+
.. [1] https://research.google/pubs/pub48551/
.. [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/787611/
.. [3] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/mm/free_page_reporting.html
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst
index e5a5a2c4f803..c4b14daeb2dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ You can enable DAMON_STAT by setting the value of this parameter as ``Y``.
Setting it as ``N`` disables DAMON_STAT. The default value is set by
``CONFIG_DAMON_STAT_ENABLED_DEFAULT`` build config option.
+Note that this module (damon_stat) cannot run simultaneously with other
+DAMON-based special-purpose modules. Refer to :ref:`DAMON design special
+purpose modules exclusivity <damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity>`
+for more details.
+
.. _damon_stat_aggr_interval_us:
aggr_interval_us
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
index 29fff20b3c2a..dc37402c0fee 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst
@@ -853,6 +853,10 @@ more detail, please read the usage documents for those
(:doc:`/admin-guide/mm/damon/stat`, :doc:`/admin-guide/mm/damon/reclaim` and
:doc:`/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort`).
+.. _damon_design_special_purpose_modules_exclusivity:
+
+Note that these modules currently run in an exclusive manner. If one of those
+is already running, others will return ``-EBUSY`` upon start requests.
Sample DAMON Modules
--------------------