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27.Dd March 24, 2018
28.Dt DOMAINSET 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm domainset(9)
32\(em
33.Nm domainset_create ,
34.Nm sysctl_handle_domainset .
35.Nd domainset functions and operation
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/_domainset.h
38.In sys/domainset.h
39.\"
40.Bd -literal -offset indent
41struct domainset {
42        domainset_t     ds_mask;
43        uint16_t        ds_policy;
44        domainid_t      ds_prefer;
45	...
46};
47.Ed
48.Pp
49.Ft struct domainset *
50.Fn domainset_create "const struct domainset *key"
51.Ft int
52.Fn sysctl_handle_domainset "SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56API provides memory domain allocation policy for NUMA machines.
57Each
58.Vt domainset
59contains a bitmask of allowed domains, an integer policy, and an optional
60preferred domain.
61Together, these specify a search order for memory allocations as well as
62the ability to restrict threads and objects to a subset of available
63memory domains for system partitioning and resource management.
64.Pp
65Every thread in the system and optionally every
66.Vt vm_object_t ,
67which is used to represent files and other memory sources, has
68a reference to a
69.Vt struct domainset .
70The domainset associated with the object is consulted first and the system
71falls back to the thread policy if none exists.
72.Pp
73The allocation policy has the following possible values:
74.Bl -tag -width "foo"
75.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_ROUNDROBIN
76Memory is allocated from each domain in the mask in a round-robin fashion.
77This distributes bandwidth evenly among available domains.
78This policy can specify a single domain for a fixed allocation.
79.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_FIRSTTOUCH
80Memory is allocated from the node that it is first accessed on.
81Allocation falls back to round-robin if the current domain is not in the
82allowed set or is out of memory.
83This policy optimizes for locality but may give pessimal results if the
84memory is accessed from many CPUs that are not in the local domain.
85.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_PREFER
86Memory is allocated from the node in the
87.Vt prefer
88member.  The preferred node must be set in the allowed mask.
89If the preferred node is out of memory the allocation falls back to
90round-robin among allowed sets.
91.It Dv DOMAINSET_POLICY_INTERLEAVE
92Memory is allocated in a striped fashion with multiple pages
93allocated to each domain in the set according to the offset within
94the object.
95The strip width is object dependent and may be as large as a
96super-page (2MB on amd64).
97This gives good distribution among memory domains while keeping system
98efficiency higher and is preferential to round-robin for general use.
99.El
100.Pp
101The
102.Fn domainset_create
103function takes a partially filled in domainset as a key and returns a
104valid domainset or NULL.
105It is critical that consumers not use domainsets that have not been
106returned by this function.
107.Vt
108domainset
109is an immutable type that is shared among all matching keys and must
110not be modified after return.
111.Pp
112The
113.Fn sysctl_handle_domainset
114function is provided as a convenience for modifying or viewing domainsets
115that are not accessible via
116.Xr cpuset 2 .
117It is intended for use with
118.Xr sysctl 9 .
119.Pp
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr cpuset 1 ,
122.Xr cpuset 2 ,
123.Xr cpuset_setdomain 2 ,
124.Xr bitset 9
125.Sh HISTORY
126.In sys/domainset.h
127first appeared in
128.Fx 12.0 .
129