@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ assumption (pages in a region have the same access frequencies) is kept, only
one page in the region is required to be checked. Thus, for each ``sampling
interval``, DAMON randomly picks one page in each region, waits for one
``sampling interval``, checks whether the page is accessed meanwhile, and
-increases the access frequency of the region if so. Therefore, the monitoring
-overhead is controllable by setting the number of regions. DAMON allows users
-to set the minimum and the maximum number of regions for the trade-off.
+increases the access frequency counter of the region if so. The counter is
+called ``nr_regions`` of the region. Therefore, the monitoring overhead is
+controllable by setting the number of regions. DAMON allows users to set the
+minimum and the maximum number of regions for the trade-off.
This scheme, however, cannot preserve the quality of the output if the
assumption is not guaranteed.
The design document is explaining about the access tracking mechanism and the access rate counter (nr_accesses), but not directly mentions the name. Add a sentence for making it clear. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> --- Documentation/mm/damon/design.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)