From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
"# 6 . 14 . x" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v4 2/6] samples/damon/prcl: handle damon_start() failure
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:55:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610135546.64943-3-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610135546.64943-1-sj@kernel.org>
damon_sample_prcl_start() callers assume it will clean up resources when
it fails. And the function does the cleanup for context buildup
failures. However, it is not doing the cleanup for damon_start()
failure. As a result, when damon_start() fails, it leaks the memory for
DAMON context. Free the context in case of the failure to fix the
issues.
Note that the issue can reliably be reproduced because the module calls
damon_start() in the exclusive mode. For example,
$ sudo damo start
$ echo $$ | sudo tee /sys/module/damon_sample_prcl/parameters/target_pid
$ echo Y | sudo tee /sys/module/damon_sample_prcl/parameters/enabled
$ sudo cat /proc/allocinfo | grep damon_new_ctx
Because the first command is running another DAMON instance, the third
command fails the damon_start() call because the new DAMON instance
cannot exclusively run. And without this fix, by repeating the third
and the fourth commands above, we can show the memory consumption is
only increasing due to the leaks. It requires the sudo permission
though.
The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260609145814.70163-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 2aca254620a8 ("samples/damon: introduce a skeleton of a smaple DAMON module for proactive reclamation")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.14.x
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
samples/damon/prcl.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/samples/damon/prcl.c b/samples/damon/prcl.c
index b7c50f2656ce7..0db2598946911 100644
--- a/samples/damon/prcl.c
+++ b/samples/damon/prcl.c
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ static int damon_sample_prcl_start(void)
damon_set_schemes(ctx, &scheme, 1);
err = damon_start(&ctx, 1, true);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
return err;
+ }
repeat_call_control.data = ctx;
return damon_call(ctx, &repeat_call_control);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-10 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 13:55 [RFC PATCH v4 0/6] samples/damon: handle damon_{start,stop}() failures SeongJae Park
2026-06-10 13:55 ` [RFC PATCH v4 1/6] samples/damon/wsse: handle damon_start() failure SeongJae Park
2026-06-10 13:55 ` SeongJae Park [this message]
2026-06-10 13:55 ` [RFC PATCH v4 3/6] samples/damon/mtier: " SeongJae Park
2026-06-10 13:55 ` [RFC PATCH v4 4/6] samples/damon/mtier: handle damon_stop() failure SeongJae Park
2026-06-10 13:55 ` [RFC PATCH v4 5/6] samples/damon/wsse: stop and free damon ctx when damon_call() fails SeongJae Park
2026-06-10 13:55 ` [RFC PATCH v4 6/6] samples/damon/prcl: " SeongJae Park
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