1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2 3DAMON Maintainer Entry Profile 4============================== 5 6The DAMON subsystem covers the files that are listed in 'DATA ACCESS MONITOR' 7section of 'MAINTAINERS' file. 8 9The mailing lists for the subsystem are damon@lists.linux.dev and 10linux-mm@kvack.org. Patches should be made against the mm-unstable `tree 11<https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-unstable>` whenever possible and posted to 12the mailing lists. 13 14SCM Trees 15--------- 16 17There are multiple Linux trees for DAMON development. Patches under 18development or testing are queued in `damon/next 19<https://git.kernel.org/sj/h/damon/next>` by the DAMON maintainer. 20Sufficiently reviewed patches will be queued in `mm-unstable 21<https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-unstable>` by the memory management 22subsystem maintainer. After more sufficient tests, the patches will be queued 23in `mm-stable <https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-stable>` , and finally 24pull-requested to the mainline by the memory management subsystem maintainer. 25 26Note again the patches for mm-unstable `tree 27<https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-unstable>` are queued by the memory 28management subsystem maintainer. If the patches requires some patches in 29damon/next `tree <https://git.kernel.org/sj/h/damon/next>` which not yet merged 30in mm-unstable, please make sure the requirement is clearly specified. 31 32Submit checklist addendum 33------------------------- 34 35When making DAMON changes, you should do below. 36 37- Build changes related outputs including kernel and documents. 38- Ensure the builds introduce no new errors or warnings. 39- Run and ensure no new failures for DAMON `selftests 40 <https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/blob/master/corr/run.sh#L49>` and 41 `kunittests 42 <https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/blob/master/corr/tests/kunit.sh>`. 43 44Further doing below and putting the results will be helpful. 45 46- Run `damon-tests/corr 47 <https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/tree/master/corr>` for normal 48 changes. 49- Run `damon-tests/perf 50 <https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/tree/master/perf>` for performance 51 changes. 52 53Key cycle dates 54--------------- 55 56Patches can be sent anytime. Key cycle dates of the `mm-unstable 57<https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-unstable>` and `mm-stable 58<https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-stable>` trees depend on the memory 59management subsystem maintainer. 60 61Review cadence 62-------------- 63 64The DAMON maintainer does the work on the usual work hour (09:00 to 17:00, 65Mon-Fri) in PT (Pacific Time). The response to patches will occasionally be 66slow. Do not hesitate to send a ping if you have not heard back within a week 67of sending a patch. 68 69Mailing tool 70------------ 71 72Like many other Linux kernel subsystems, DAMON uses the mailing lists 73(damon@lists.linux.dev and linux-mm@kvack.org) as the major communication 74channel. There is a simple tool called `HacKerMaiL 75<https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail>` (``hkml``), which is for people who 76are not very familiar with the mailing lists based communication. The tool 77could be particularly helpful for DAMON community members since it is developed 78and maintained by DAMON maintainer. The tool is also officially announced to 79support DAMON and general Linux kernel development workflow. 80 81In other words, `hkml <https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail>` is a mailing 82tool for DAMON community, which DAMON maintainer is committed to support. 83Please feel free to try and report issues or feature requests for the tool to 84the maintainer. 85 86Community meetup 87---------------- 88 89DAMON community is maintaining two bi-weekly meetup series for community 90members who prefer synchronous conversations over mails. 91 92The first one is for any discussion between every community member. No 93reservation is needed. 94 95The seconds one is for discussions on specific topics between restricted 96members including the maintainer. The maintainer shares the available time 97slots, and attendees should reserve one of those at least 24 hours before the 98time slot, by reaching out to the maintainer. 99 100Schedules and available reservation time slots are available at the Google `doc 101<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v43Kcj3ly4CYqmAkMaZzLiM2GEnWfgdGbZAH3mi2vpM/edit?usp=sharing>`. 102There is also a public Google `calendar 103<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=ZDIwOTA4YTMxNjc2MDQ3NTIyMmUzYTM5ZmQyM2U4NDA0ZGIwZjBiYmJlZGQxNDM0MmY4ZTRjOTE0NjdhZDRiY0Bncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t>` 104that has the events. Anyone can subscribe it. DAMON maintainer will also 105provide periodic reminder to the mailing list (damon@lists.linux.dev). 106