+ mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/damon/paddr: drop last same folio access check reuse optimization
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/damon/paddr: drop last same folio access check reuse optimization
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:09:59 -0700

It can race when multiple kdamonds are being used.  The problem from the
race is doubtful, but the gain from the optimization is also doubtful. 
Simply drop the optimization in favor of code simplicity.

The user impact is doubtfully trivial.  After all, this kind of
interference can happen only by intentional user setup.  Even if it
happens, it will be rare, and the consequence is degradation of the
best-effort monitoring results.  No critical consequences like kernel
panic or memory corruption happen.

The race was discovered [1] by Sashiko.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260715031002.108504-5-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260621204050.10993-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: a28397beb55b ("mm/damon: implement primitives for physical address space monitoring")
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/damon/paddr.c |   20 ++++----------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/damon/paddr.c~mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization
+++ a/mm/damon/paddr.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void damon_pa_prepare_access_chec
 	}
 }
 
-static bool damon_pa_young(phys_addr_t paddr, unsigned long *folio_sz)
+static bool damon_pa_young(phys_addr_t paddr)
 {
 	struct folio *folio = damon_get_folio(PHYS_PFN(paddr));
 	bool accessed;
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static bool damon_pa_young(phys_addr_t p
 		return false;
 
 	accessed = damon_folio_young(folio);
-	*folio_sz = folio_size(folio);
 	folio_put(folio);
 	return accessed;
 }
@@ -82,23 +81,12 @@ static bool damon_pa_young(phys_addr_t p
 static void __damon_pa_check_access(struct damon_region *r,
 		unsigned long addr_unit)
 {
-	static phys_addr_t last_addr;
-	static unsigned long last_folio_sz = PAGE_SIZE;
-	static bool last_accessed;
+	bool accessed;
 	phys_addr_t sampling_addr = damon_pa_phys_addr(
 			r->sampling_addr, addr_unit);
 
-	/* If the region is in the last checked page, reuse the result */
-	if (ALIGN_DOWN(last_addr, last_folio_sz) ==
-				ALIGN_DOWN(sampling_addr, last_folio_sz)) {
-		damon_update_region_access_rate(r, last_accessed);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	last_accessed = damon_pa_young(sampling_addr, &last_folio_sz);
-	damon_update_region_access_rate(r, last_accessed);
-
-	last_addr = sampling_addr;
+	accessed = damon_pa_young(sampling_addr);
+	damon_update_region_access_rate(r, accessed);
 }
 
 static unsigned int damon_pa_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@kernel.org are

samples-damon-wsse-handle-damon_start-failure.patch
samples-damon-prcl-handle-damon_start-failure.patch
samples-damon-mtier-handle-damon_start-failure.patch
samples-damon-mtier-handle-damon_stop-failure.patch
samples-damon-wsse-stop-and-free-damon-ctx-when-damon_call-fails.patch
samples-damon-prcl-stop-and-free-damon-ctx-when-damon_call-fails.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-kobject_del-target-normal-context-and-kdamond-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-kobject_del-region-and-target-error-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-kobject_del-scheme-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-kobject_del-scheme-region-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-kobject_del-scheme-filter-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-kobject_del-scheme-quota-goal-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-kobject_del-scheme-action-destination-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-kobject_del-probe-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-kobject_del-probe-filter-dirs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-kobject_del-probe-dirs-in-probes_addd_dir-error-path.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-kobject_del-region-for-populate_region-error.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-damos_quota_node_eligible_mem_bp.patch
docs-abi-damon-document-probe-files.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-damon_rand.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-multiple-probe-dirs-creation.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-coreops_filters-directories.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-dests-dir.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-all-files-in-quota-goal-dir.patch
mm-damon-core-reduce-range-setup-in-damon_commit_target_regions.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-split-probe-setup-function-out.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-split-out-filters-setup-function.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-fix-typos-in-probe_addrm_dirs-s-attr-probe.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-damon_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-always-update-last_nr_accesses-for-intervals-change.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-unreset-nr_accesses-in-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-use-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum-in-__damos_valid_target.patch
mm-damon-core-use-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum-for-damos-region-tracing.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-use-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum-for-damo-regions.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_warn_fix_nr_accesses_corruption.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_verify_reset_aggregated.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_verify_merge_regions_of.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setup-and-tests.patch
selftests-damon-drgn_dump_damon_status-do-not-dump-nr_accesses_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setups-and-updates.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-attrs-param-from-damon_update_region_access_rate.patch
mm-damon-paddr-remove-attrs-param-from-__damon_pa_check_access.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-remove-attrs-param-from-__damon_va_check_access.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_moving_sum-and-its-unit-test.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_region-nr_accesses_bp.patch
mm-damon-add-damon_region-last_probe_hits.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_probe_hits_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-set-probe-hits-as-pseudo-moving-sums.patch
mm-damon-core-safely-validate-src-on-damon_commit_ctx.patch
mm-damon-core-do-parameter-testing-commit-on-damon_start.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-remove-duplicated-commit-input-validity-check.patch
mm-damon-reclaim-remove-duplicated-min_region_sz-power-of-2-check.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-remove-duplicated-min_region_sz-power_of_2-check.patch
mm-damon-document-region-size-validation-in-damon_set_regions.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-start-end-check-in-damon_set_region_system_rams.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-remove-region-size-validation.patch
mm-damon-core-stop-ctxs-in-damon_start-before-returning-an-error.patch
samples-damon-mtier-do-not-stop-first-context-for-damon_start-failure.patch
mm-damon-core-make-damon_stop-never-fails.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-reclaaim-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-core-change-damon_stop-return-type-to-void.patch
samples-damon-mtier-stop-all-contexts-with-single-damon_stop-call.patch
mm-damon-core-wait-ctx-stop-in-damon_call-before-reruning-an-error.patch
samples-damon-wsse-do-not-stop-ctx-for-damon_call-failure.patch
samples-damon-prcl-do-not-stop-damon-for-damon_call-failure.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-comment-and-test-for-nr_to_bp-divide-by-zero.patch
mm-damon-core-s-damon_max_nr_accesses-damon_nr_samples_per_aggr.patch
mm-damon-core-s-accesses_bp_to_nr_accesses-sample_bp_to_count.patch
mm-damon-core-s-nr_accesses_to_accesses_bp-sample_count_to_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-s-nr_accesses_for_new_attrs-nr_samples_for_new_attrs.patch
mm-damon-core-update-probe-hits-for-new-parameter-commit.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-unreset-probe_hits-in-probe_hits_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_probe-weight.patch
mm-damon-core-ask-apply_probes-ops-callback-to-set-sampling-address.patch
mm-damon-paddr-set-samples-in-apply_probes-if-requested.patch
mm-damon-core-ask-apply_probe-to-return-max-probe-hits-weighted-sum.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_probe_hits_wsum.patch
mm-damon-paddr-respect-return_max_wsum.patch
mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-instead-of-abs.patch
mm-damon-core-extend-merge-function-to-work-with-probe-hits.patch
mm-damon-core-disallow-probe_hits-overflow-on-attrs-only-monitoring.patch
mm-damon-core-validate-params-for-probe-hits-weighted-sum-overflow.patch
mm-damon-core-disable-access-monitoring-when-probe-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-set-samples-in-apply_probes-if-probe-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-s-max_nr_accesses-max_merge_score-in-kdamond_fn.patch
mm-damon-core-get-merge-threshold-from-probe-hits-when-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_has_probe_weight.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-implement-probe-weight-file.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-attrs-only-monitoring.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-document-weight-sysfs-file.patch
docs-abi-damon-document-probe-weight-file.patch
mm-damon-core-skip-aging-from-repeated-aggressive-merging.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_region-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_target-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_quota_goal-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_quota-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_filter-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_filter-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_probe-fields.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-do-not-directly-access-damon_ctx-ops.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-core-private-damon_ctx-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-avoid-infinite-kdamond_merge_regions-internal-loop.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-catch-test-failure-in-test_merge_regions_of.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-optimization.patch
mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-read-ops_id-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch