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Patch series "mm/damon/modules: detect and use fresh status", v3.
DAMON modules including DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT
commonly expose the kdamond running status via their parameters. Under
certain scenarios including wrong user inputs and memory allocation
failures, those parameter values can be stale. It can confuse users. For
DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, it even makes the kdamond unable to be
restarted before the system reboot.
The problem comes from the fact that there are multiple events for the
status changes and it is difficult to follow up all the scenarios. Fix
the issue by detecting and using the status on demand, instead of using a
cached status that is difficult to be updated.
Patches 1-3 fix the bugs in DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT
in the order.
This patch (of 3):
DAMON_RECLAIM updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which
represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly
requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped
in events other than the explicit user request in the following three
events.
1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the
execution,
2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and
3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures.
Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of
the status parameters can be stale. Users could show the stale values and
be confused. This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse.
DAMON_RECLAIM avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls
based on the 'enabled' parameter value. And the update of 'enabled'
parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call
results. Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events,
the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot. For
example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps.
# cd /sys/module/damon_reclaim/parameters
#
# # start DAMON_RECLAIM
# echo Y > enabled
# ps -ef | grep kdamond
root 806 2 0 17:53 ? 00:00:00 [kdamond.0]
root 808 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond
#
# # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request
# echo 3 > addr_unit
# echo Y > commit_inputs
bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
#
# # confirm kdamond is stopped
# ps -ef | grep kdamond
root 811 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond
#
# # users casn now show stable status
# cat enabled
Y
# cat kdamond_pid
806
#
# # even after fixing the wrong parameter,
# # kdamond cannot be restarted.
# echo 1 > addr_unit
# echo Y > enabled
# ps -ef | grep kdamond
root 815 803 0 17:54 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond
The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the
following reasons. The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups
since those allocations are arguably too small to fail. Also sane users
on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters.
But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad. And the bug is a bug.
The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can
change the status, and following all the events is challenging.
Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those
are requested.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-2-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: e035c280f6 ("mm/damon/reclaim: support online inputs update")
Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.19.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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