+ mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/damon/sysfs: read addr_unit only once in damon_sysfs_apply_inputs()
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.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/sysfs: read addr_unit only once in damon_sysfs_apply_inputs()
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:10:00 -0700

damon_sysfs_apply_inputs() reads addr_unit twice.  It could race with
addr_unit_store().  As a result, the min_region_sz could wrongly be set
up.  Read it once.

The user impact is trivial.  Sane users ain't update the parameter in
parallel.  Even if it happens, the DAMON core layer handles the wrong
min_region_sz (!is_power_of_2()).  Even if somehow the race ended up
making a min_region_sz that is different from the user's intention but
still valid, only monitoring itself runs differently than expected.  No
critical consequences like kernel panic or memory corruption happen.

The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260715031002.108504-6-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260714142950.100711-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: 540a2aebc657 ("mm/damon/sysfs: implement addr_unit file under context dir")
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.18.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/damon/sysfs.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c~mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs
+++ a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -2099,11 +2099,11 @@ static int damon_sysfs_apply_inputs(stru
 	err = damon_select_ops(ctx, sys_ctx->ops_id);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	ctx->addr_unit = sys_ctx->addr_unit;
+	ctx->addr_unit = READ_ONCE(sys_ctx->addr_unit);
 	/* addr_unit is respected by only DAMON_OPS_PADDR */
 	if (sys_ctx->ops_id == DAMON_OPS_PADDR)
 		ctx->min_region_sz = max(
-				DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ / sys_ctx->addr_unit, 1);
+				DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ / ctx->addr_unit, 1);
 	ctx->pause = sys_ctx->pause;
 	err = damon_sysfs_set_attrs(ctx, sys_ctx->attrs);
 	if (err)
_

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