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27.Dd April 14, 2021
28.Dt DOMAINSET 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm domainset(9)
32.Nd domainset functions and operation
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/_domainset.h
35.In sys/domainset.h
36.\"
37.Bd -literal -offset indent
38struct domainset {
39        domainset_t     ds_mask;
40        uint16_t        ds_policy;
41        domainid_t      ds_prefer;
42	...
43};
44.Ed
45.Pp
46.Ft struct domainset *
47.Fn DOMAINSET_FIXED domain
48.Ft struct domainset *
49.Fn DOMAINSET_FT
50.Ft struct domainset *
51.Fn DOMAINSET_IL
52.Ft struct domainset *
53.Fn DOMAINSET_RR
54.Ft struct domainset *
55.Fn DOMAINSET_PREF domain
56.Ft struct domainset *
57.Fn domainset_create "const struct domainset *key"
58.Ft int
59.Fn sysctl_handle_domainset "SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63API provides memory domain allocation policy for NUMA machines.
64Each
65.Vt domainset
66contains a bitmask of allowed domains, an integer policy, and an optional
67preferred domain.
68Together, these specify a search order for memory allocations as well as
69the ability to restrict threads and objects to a subset of available
70memory domains for system partitioning and resource management.
71.Pp
72Every thread in the system and optionally every
73.Vt vm_object_t ,
74which is used to represent files and other memory sources, has
75a reference to a
76.Vt struct domainset .
77The domainset associated with the object is consulted first and the system
78falls back to the thread policy if none exists.
79.Pp
80The allocation policy has the following possible values:
81.Bl -tag -width "foo"
82.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_ROUNDROBIN
83Memory is allocated from each domain in the mask in a round-robin fashion.
84This distributes bandwidth evenly among available domains.
85This policy can specify a single domain for a fixed allocation.
86.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_FIRSTTOUCH
87Memory is allocated from the node that it is first accessed on.
88Allocation falls back to round-robin if the current domain is not in the
89allowed set or is out of memory.
90This policy optimizes for locality but may give pessimal results if the
91memory is accessed from many CPUs that are not in the local domain.
92.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_PREFER
93Memory is allocated from the node in the
94.Vt prefer
95member.
96The preferred node must be set in the allowed mask.
97If the preferred node is out of memory the allocation falls back to
98round-robin among allowed sets.
99.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_INTERLEAVE
100Memory is allocated in a striped fashion with multiple pages
101allocated to each domain in the set according to the offset within
102the object.
103The strip width is object dependent and may be as large as a
104super-page (2MB on amd64).
105This gives good distribution among memory domains while keeping system
106efficiency higher and is preferential to round-robin for general use.
107.El
108.Pp
109The
110.Fn DOMAINSET_FIXED ,
111.Fn DOMAINSET_FT ,
112.Fn DOMAINSET_IL ,
113.Fn DOMAINSET_RR
114and
115.Fn DOMAINSET_PREF
116macros provide pointers to global pre-defined policies for use when the
117desired policy is known at compile time.
118.Fn DOMAINSET_FIXED
119is a policy which only permits allocations from the specified domain.
120.Fn DOMAINSET_FT
121is a policy which attempts to allocate memory local to the current CPU,
122falling back to a round-robin policy if the initial allocation fails.
123.Fn DOMAINSET_IL
124and
125.Fn DOMAINSET_RR
126provide round-robin selection among all domains in the system, corresponding
127to the
128.Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_INTERLEAVE
129and
130.Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_ROUNDROBIN
131policies, respectively.
132The
133.Fn DOMAINSET_PREF
134policies attempt allocation from the specified domain, but unlike
135.Fn DOMAINSET_FIXED
136will fall back to other domains to satisfy the request.
137These policies should be used in preference to
138.Fn DOMAINSET_FIXED
139to avoid blocking indefinitely on a
140.Dv M_WAITOK
141request.
142The
143.Fn domainset_create
144function takes a partially filled in domainset as a key and returns a
145valid domainset or NULL.
146It is critical that consumers not use domainsets that have not been
147returned by this function.
148.Vt domainset
149is an immutable type that is shared among all matching keys and must
150not be modified after return.
151.Pp
152The
153.Fn sysctl_handle_domainset
154function is provided as a convenience for modifying or viewing domainsets
155that are not accessible via
156.Xr cpuset 2 .
157It is intended for use with
158.Xr sysctl 9 .
159.Sh SEE ALSO
160.Xr cpuset 1 ,
161.Xr cpuset 2 ,
162.Xr cpuset_setdomain 2 ,
163.Xr bitset 9
164.Sh HISTORY
165.In sys/domainset.h
166first appeared in
167.Fx 12.0 .
168