Add a test for reproducing the update_schemes_tried_{regions,bytes}
command-causing indefinite hang bug that fixed by commit 7d6fa31a2f
("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: add timeout for update_schemes_tried_regions"),
to avoid mistakenly re-introducing the bug. Refer to the fix commit for
more details of the bug.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231212194810.54457-6-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Add a selftest for verifying the accuracy of DAMON's access monitoring
functionality. The test starts a program of artificial access pattern,
monitor the access pattern using DAMON, and check if DAMON finds expected
amount of hot data region (working set size) with only acceptable error
rate.
Note that the acceptable error rate is set with only naive assumptions and
small number of tests. Hence failures of the test may not always mean
DAMON is broken. Rather than that, those could be a signal to better
understand the real accuracy level of DAMON in wider environments. Based
on further finding, we could optimize DAMON or adjust the expectation of
the test.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231212194810.54457-5-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
A DAMON sysfs user could start DAMON with a scheme, remove the sysfs
directory for the scheme, and then ask stats or schemes tried regions
update. The related logic were not aware of the already removed directory
situation, so it was able to results in invalid memory accesses. The fix
has made with commit 8468b48661 ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: skip stats
update if the scheme directory is removed"), though. Add a selftest to
prevent such kinds of bugs from being introduced again.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221201170834.62823-1-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Patch series "mm/damon: minor fixes and cleanups".
This patchset contains minor fixes and cleanups for DAMON including
- selftest for a bug we found before (Patch 1),
- fix of region holes in vaddr corner case and a kunit test for it
(Patches 2 and 3), and
- documents/Kconfig updates for title wordsmithing (Patch 4) and more
aggressive DAMON debugfs interface deprecation announcement
(Patches 5-7).
This patch (of 7):
Commit d26f607036 ("mm/damon/dbgfs: avoid duplicate context directory
creation") fixes a bug which could result in memory leak and DAMON
disablement. This commit adds a selftest for verifying the fix and avoid
regression.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220909202901.57977-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220909202901.57977-2-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Yun Levi <ppbuk5246@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
