From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Wang Guangke" <gkwang@linx-info.com>
Cc: damon@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/damon/stat: avoid overflow in estimated_memory_bandwidth calculation
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:46:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-194539@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103034034.7978-1-gkwang@linx-info.com>
> estimated_memory_bandwidth is calculated by access_bytes *
> USEC_PER_MSEC * MSEC_PER_SEC (= USEC_PER_SEC) / aggr_interval,
> and users read it via
> /sys/module/damon_stat/parameters/estimated_memory_bandwidth.
>
> On 32-bit systems, access_bytes * USEC_PER_SEC overflows unsigned
> long once access_bytes exceeds about 4294 (U32_MAX / USEC_PER_SEC),
> so users get a wrong value.
>
> Fix it by doing the calculation in 64-bit and splitting the division
> into quotient and remainder.
>
> The issue was reproduced on a 32-bit system (qemu-system-i386): the
> parameter estimated_memory_bandwidth reported 362 instead of the
> expected 1926150; with the fix, the value matches the expectation.
>
> Fixes: fabdd1e911da ("mm/damon/stat: calculate and expose estimated memory bandwidth")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Guangke <gkwang@linx-info.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 3:40 [PATCH v2] mm/damon/stat: avoid overflow in estimated_memory_bandwidth calculation Wang Guangke
2026-11-03 3:46 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-03 14:34 ` SJ Park
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