From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
To: sj@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
mhiramat@kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
shuah@kernel.org, lianux.mm@gmail.com,
Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/7] mm/damon: integrate observe API into vaddr overflow handlers and core drain
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:10:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818061031.827057-5-kunwu.chan@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260818061031.827057-1-kunwu.chan@linux.dev>
From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
Wire the observe_*() calls into the DAMON hot paths: vaddr access-check
overflow handlers report into the per-CPU ring, and the kdamond drain
matches each report against the target whose tgid owns it. The observe
calls are pure side-effect statistics (no-ops under
CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE=n), so the switch never changes DAMON matching
semantics. The vaddr teardown frees the per-event cpu_state array.
Read ring->tail once with READ_ONCE in damon_report_access() and reuse
the cached value for the peak-occupancy estimate, avoiding a torn read
and a compiler reload on the producer side.
Co-developed-by: Lian Wang <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lian Wang <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
---
mm/damon/core.c | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
mm/damon/vaddr.c | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 609d627e2b33..377f07122fb0 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
/* for damon_get_folio() used by node eligible memory metrics */
#include "ops-common.h"
+#include "perf/perf.h"
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/damon.h>
@@ -2243,24 +2244,41 @@ void damon_report_access(struct damon_access_report *report)
preempt_disable();
if (local_inc_return(this_cpu_ptr(&damon_report_ring_busy)) != 1) {
/* NMI nested on a process-context producer; drop. */
- trace_damon_perf_ring_overflow(smp_processor_id());
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ damon_perf_observe_ring_overflow(smp_processor_id());
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
goto out;
}
ring = this_cpu_ptr(&damon_report_rings);
head = ring->head;
next = (head + 1) & DAMON_REPORT_RING_MASK;
+ {
+ unsigned int tail = READ_ONCE(ring->tail);
- if (next == READ_ONCE(ring->tail)) {
- trace_damon_perf_ring_overflow(smp_processor_id());
- goto out;
- }
+ if (next == tail) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ damon_perf_observe_ring_overflow(smp_processor_id());
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
+ goto out;
+ }
- ring->entries[head] = *report;
- ring->entries[head].report_jiffies = jiffies;
- smp_wmb(); /* publish entry before head advance */
- WRITE_ONCE(ring->head, next);
- WRITE_ONCE(*this_cpu_ptr(&damon_ring_pending), 1);
+ ring->entries[head] = *report;
+ ring->entries[head].report_jiffies = jiffies;
+ smp_wmb(); /* publish entry before head advance */
+ WRITE_ONCE(ring->head, next);
+ WRITE_ONCE(*this_cpu_ptr(&damon_ring_pending), 1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ damon_perf_observe_ring_enqueue();
+ /*
+ * Track peak occupancy for health evaluation.
+ * next is the new head; tail was read before enqueue
+ * (may be slightly stale — acceptable for a peak estimate).
+ */
+ damon_perf_observe_ring_peak(
+ (next - tail) & DAMON_REPORT_RING_MASK);
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
+ }
out:
local_dec(this_cpu_ptr(&damon_report_ring_busy));
preempt_enable();
@@ -2276,6 +2294,9 @@ void damon_report_page_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, bool huge_pmd)
.tid = current->pid,
.tgid = task_tgid_nr(current),
.is_write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE,
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ .source = DAMON_REPORT_SRC_PAGE_FAULT,
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
};
if (huge_pmd)
@@ -3917,8 +3938,16 @@ static bool damon_sample_filter_out(struct damon_access_report *report,
return !filter->allow;
}
-static void kdamond_apply_access_report(struct damon_access_report *report,
- struct damon_target *t,
+/*
+ * Try to apply one access report to a target's region snapshot.
+ *
+ * Caller has already resolved tgid (for pid-based monitoring), so this
+ * function only does address-to-region matching. Miss reasons for
+ * trace_damon_perf_report_missed use enum damon_report_miss_reason.
+ *
+ * Return: true if the report fell inside a known region, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool kdamond_apply_access_report(struct damon_access_report *report,
struct damon_region **regions, unsigned int nr_regions,
struct damon_ctx *ctx)
{
@@ -3926,13 +3955,7 @@ static void kdamond_apply_access_report(struct damon_access_report *report,
unsigned long addr;
int left, right, mid;
- if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx)) {
- if (pid_nr(t->pid) != report->tgid)
- return;
- addr = report->vaddr;
- } else {
- addr = report->paddr;
- }
+ addr = damon_target_has_pid(ctx) ? report->vaddr : report->paddr;
/* Binary search the snapshot for the region containing addr. */
left = 0;
@@ -3951,17 +3974,27 @@ static void kdamond_apply_access_report(struct damon_access_report *report,
}
}
- if (!r)
- return;
+ if (!r) {
+ damon_perf_observe_miss(addr, report->cpu,
+ DAMON_REPORT_MISS_NOREGION);
+ return false;
+ }
/* Reject reports straddling a region boundary. */
- if (addr + report->size > r->ar.end)
- return;
+ if (addr + report->size > r->ar.end) {
+ damon_perf_observe_miss(addr, report->cpu,
+ DAMON_REPORT_MISS_BOUNDARY);
+ return false;
+ }
if (!r->access_reported) {
damon_update_region_access_rate(r, true, &ctx->attrs);
r->access_reported = true;
+ damon_perf_observe_update(report->cpu);
}
+ damon_perf_observe_match(addr, report->cpu);
+ return true;
}
+
static unsigned int kdamond_apply_zero_access_report(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
{
struct damon_target *t;
@@ -4045,6 +4078,7 @@ static unsigned int kdamond_check_reported_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
struct damon_target_lookup *tbl;
unsigned int nr_targets = 0;
unsigned int i;
+ unsigned int total_reports = 0, matched_reports = 0;
tbl = damon_build_target_lookup(ctx, &nr_targets);
if (!tbl) {
@@ -4077,6 +4111,10 @@ static unsigned int kdamond_check_reported_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
while (tail != head) {
struct damon_access_report *report =
&ring->entries[tail];
+ bool applied = false;
+
+ /* Count every entry removed from the ring */
+ damon_perf_observe_ring_dequeue(report->cpu);
if (time_before(report->report_jiffies,
jiffies - usecs_to_jiffies(
@@ -4085,16 +4123,52 @@ static unsigned int kdamond_check_reported_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
if (damon_sample_filter_out(report,
&ctx->sample_control))
goto next;
- for (i = 0; i < nr_targets; i++)
- kdamond_apply_access_report(report,
- tbl[i].t,
+ /*
+ * For pid-based monitoring, resolve tgid to the
+ * single matching target before calling
+ * kdamond_apply_access_report(), avoiding a
+ * spurious miss tracepoint for every non-matching
+ * target.
+ */
+ if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx)) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_targets; i++) {
+ if (pid_nr(tbl[i].t->pid) ==
+ report->tgid) {
+ applied =
+ kdamond_apply_access_report(
+ report,
+ tbl[i].regions,
+ tbl[i].nr_regions,
+ ctx);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!applied && i == nr_targets)
+ damon_perf_observe_miss(
+ report->vaddr,
+ report->cpu,
+ DAMON_REPORT_MISS_TGID);
+ } else {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_targets; i++)
+ applied |=
+ kdamond_apply_access_report(
+ report,
tbl[i].regions,
tbl[i].nr_regions, ctx);
+ }
+ total_reports++;
+ if (applied)
+ matched_reports++;
+
next:
tail = (tail + 1) & DAMON_REPORT_RING_MASK;
}
WRITE_ONCE(ring->tail, tail);
}
+
+ if (total_reports)
+ damon_perf_observe_drain(total_reports, matched_reports);
+
/* For nr_accesses_bp, absence of access should also be reported. */
return kdamond_apply_zero_access_report(ctx);
}
@@ -4158,8 +4232,9 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
ctx->passed_sample_intervals++;
if (!list_empty(&ctx->perf_events) ||
- ctx->sample_control.primitives_enabled.page_fault)
+ ctx->sample_control.primitives_enabled.page_fault) {
max_nr_accesses = kdamond_check_reported_accesses(ctx);
+ }
else if (ctx->ops.check_accesses)
max_nr_accesses = ctx->ops.check_accesses(ctx);
if (ctx->ops.apply_probes)
diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index 73fcea91afa0..a68c7262d533 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
#include <linux/pagewalk.h>
#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
+#include "perf/perf.h"
+
#include "../internal.h"
#include "ops-common.h"
@@ -975,13 +977,49 @@ static void damon_perf_overflow_vaddr(struct perf_event *perf_event,
struct perf_sample_data *data, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct damon_access_report report;
+ u64 data_src_val;
+ u64 period_val;
+
+ /*
+ * Observe every hardware sample through the unified API.
+ *
+ * reason encodes why a sample was dropped at the handler level:
+ * 0 = valid, queued to ring
+ * 1 = data == NULL
+ * 2 = addr == 0 (PMU did not populate data->addr)
+ * 3 = kernel address (addr >= TASK_SIZE)
+ */
+ if (!data) {
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(0, 0, 0,
+ smp_processor_id(), 1, 0,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
+ return;
+ }
- if (!data || !data->addr)
+ data_src_val = data->data_src.val;
+ period_val = data->period;
+
+ if (!data->addr) {
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(0, data_src_val, period_val,
+ smp_processor_id(), 2,
+ data->sample_flags,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
return;
+ }
/* Drop kernel-VA hits -- only user-space VAs land in damon vaddr regions. */
- if (data->addr >= TASK_SIZE)
+ if (data->addr >= TASK_SIZE) {
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(data->addr, data_src_val, period_val,
+ smp_processor_id(), 3,
+ data->sample_flags,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
return;
+ }
+
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(data->addr, data_src_val, period_val,
+ smp_processor_id(), 0,
+ data->sample_flags,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
report = (struct damon_access_report){
.vaddr = data->addr & PAGE_MASK,
@@ -990,6 +1028,9 @@ static void damon_perf_overflow_vaddr(struct perf_event *perf_event,
.tid = current->pid,
.tgid = current->tgid,
.is_write = !!(data->data_src.mem_op & PERF_MEM_OP_STORE),
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ .source = DAMON_REPORT_SRC_PERF_OVERFLOW,
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
};
damon_report_access(&report);
}
@@ -998,9 +1039,18 @@ static void damon_perf_overflow_paddr(struct perf_event *perf_event,
struct perf_sample_data *data, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct damon_access_report report;
+ u64 data_src_val;
+ u64 period_val;
- if (!data)
+ if (!data) {
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(0, 0, 0,
+ smp_processor_id(), 1, 0,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
return;
+ }
+
+ data_src_val = data->data_src.val;
+ period_val = data->period;
/*
* AMD IBS Op only populates data->phys_addr when
@@ -1008,14 +1058,27 @@ static void damon_perf_overflow_paddr(struct perf_event *perf_event,
* carries a stale value. Gate on sample_flags rather than testing
* phys_addr for zero (which would also drop legitimate page 0).
*/
- if (!(data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR))
+ if (!(data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR)) {
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(0, data_src_val,
+ period_val, smp_processor_id(), 4,
+ data->sample_flags,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
return;
+ }
+
+ damon_perf_observe_sample(data->phys_addr, data_src_val, period_val,
+ smp_processor_id(), 0,
+ data->sample_flags,
+ perf_event->attr.sample_type);
report = (struct damon_access_report){
.paddr = data->phys_addr & PAGE_MASK,
.size = PAGE_SIZE,
.cpu = smp_processor_id(),
.is_write = !!(data->data_src.mem_op & PERF_MEM_OP_STORE),
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ .source = DAMON_REPORT_SRC_PERF_OVERFLOW,
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
};
damon_report_access(&report);
}
@@ -1070,6 +1133,8 @@ static int damon_perf_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
if (!perf)
return 0;
+ damon_perf_observe_event_created(event, cpu);
+
damon_perf_event_init_attr(event, &attr);
/*
@@ -1092,14 +1157,20 @@ static int damon_perf_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
return 0; /* never block CPU online */
}
*per_cpu_ptr(perf->event, cpu) = perf_event;
+
+ damon_perf_observe_event_bound(event, cpu, perf_event);
+
/*
* Late-online CPU after the substrate is armed: events are created
* with attr.disabled = 1 and would otherwise stay quiescent on this
* CPU until the next arm walk. Enable here so coverage matches the
* already-online CPUs.
*/
- if (event->ctx && READ_ONCE(event->ctx->perf_events_active))
+ if (event->ctx && READ_ONCE(event->ctx->perf_events_active)) {
perf_event_enable(perf_event);
+ damon_perf_observe_event_enabled(event, cpu,
+ perf_event->state, perf_event->oncpu);
+ }
return 0;
}
@@ -1115,6 +1186,7 @@ static int damon_perf_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
perf_event = per_cpu(*perf->event, cpu);
if (perf_event) {
+ damon_perf_observe_event_destroyed(event, cpu);
perf_event_disable(perf_event);
perf_event_release_kernel(perf_event);
*per_cpu_ptr(perf->event, cpu) = NULL;
@@ -1133,8 +1205,12 @@ void damon_perf_event_arm(struct damon_perf_event *event)
for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
perf_event = *per_cpu_ptr(perf->event, cpu);
- if (perf_event)
+ if (perf_event) {
perf_event_enable(perf_event);
+ damon_perf_observe_event_enabled(event, cpu,
+ perf_event->state,
+ perf_event->oncpu);
+ }
}
}
@@ -1149,8 +1225,11 @@ void damon_perf_event_disarm(struct damon_perf_event *event)
for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
perf_event = *per_cpu_ptr(perf->event, cpu);
- if (perf_event)
+ if (perf_event) {
perf_event_disable(perf_event);
+ damon_perf_observe_event_disabled(event, cpu,
+ perf_event->state);
+ }
}
}
@@ -1192,6 +1271,7 @@ int damon_perf_init(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_perf_event *event)
return 0;
free_event:
+ damon_perf_observe_event_free(event);
free_percpu(perf->event);
free_perf:
kfree(perf);
@@ -1203,6 +1283,8 @@ void damon_perf_cleanup(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_perf_event *event)
{
struct damon_perf *perf = event->priv;
+ damon_perf_observe_event_free(event);
+
if (!perf)
return;
@@ -1244,6 +1326,14 @@ static int __init damon_va_initcall(void)
if (err < 0)
return err;
damon_perf_cpuhp_state = err;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
+ err = damon_perf_framework_init();
+ if (err < 0)
+ pr_warn("damon-perf: framework init failed, observability unavailable: %d\n",
+ err);
+ /* Non-fatal: vaddr/fvaddr ops still register. */
+#endif /* CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE */
#endif
err = damon_register_ops(&ops);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-18 6:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-18 6:10 [RFC PATCH 0/7] mm/damon/perf: observability framework for hardware-sampled access reports Kunwu Chan
2026-08-18 6:10 ` [RFC PATCH 1/7] mm/damon/perf: add observability framework with tracepoints and CONFIG switch Kunwu Chan
2026-08-18 6:10 ` [RFC PATCH 2/7] mm/damon/perf: implement observe API and per-CPU statistics engine Kunwu Chan
2026-08-18 6:10 ` [RFC PATCH 3/7] mm/damon/perf: add debugfs statistics interface Kunwu Chan
2026-08-18 6:10 ` Kunwu Chan [this message]
2026-08-18 6:10 ` [RFC PATCH 5/7] selftests/damon: add automated layer-by-layer observability test Kunwu Chan
2026-08-18 6:10 ` [RFC PATCH 6/7] Docs/mm/damon: document the perf observability framework Kunwu Chan
2026-08-18 6:10 ` [RFC PATCH 7/7] mm/damon/perf: add CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_DEBUG and pipeline health check Kunwu Chan
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