From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, damon@lists.linux.dev,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.18.y] mm/damon/core: avoid infinite kdamond_merge_regions() internal loop
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:50:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911135003.96395-1-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <daily-reply-0037-re-damon-merge-regions-6-18@kernel.org>
On Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:20:56 -0400 Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
> > Sashiko found a few issues in DAMON that could cause infinite loop,
> > NULL dereference and monitoring results degradation.
>
> Holding this on all five branches for now. 6.18.y is newer than 6.12.y, 6.6.y,
> 6.1.y, and 5.15.y, and it needs a fix here first, but the patch you sent for
> 6.18.y does not apply: 6.18.y has since grown a count_age parameter
> through the same lines this patch touches.
>
> Could you send an updated 6.18.y version rebased against the current count_age
> code?
Sure! I just sent [1] it.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260911134904.96369-1-sj@kernel.org
> Once that lands, the other four branches are ready to go.
Cool, let me know if there is anything that I can help!
Thanks,
SJ
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2026-09-09 4:15 ` [PATCH 6.18.y] mm/damon/core: avoid infinite kdamond_merge_regions() internal loop SJ Park
2026-09-09 4:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-09 13:03 ` Greg KH
2026-09-10 0:37 ` SJ Park
2026-09-11 11:20 ` Sasha Levin
2026-09-11 13:50 ` SJ Park [this message]
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