From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/6] mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: drop redundant and racy zero target_value check
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:26:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031202614.96036-5-sj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261031202614.96036-1-sj@kernel.org>
DAMON sysfs interface disallowed zero target_value because it could
result in divide-by-zero in damos_quota_store(). Because similar checks
were duplicated to other DAMON API callers, a patch series that starts
with commit 610c4438fb66 ("mm/damon/core: error
damos_commit_quota_goal() for zero target_value") added a same check in
the core layer central parameters, and dropped redundant checks in
DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_SAMPLIE_MTIER. It forgot to drop that in the
DAMON sysfs interface.
Now the zero target_value check in DAMON sysfs interface is only
redundant. Further, it has a time-of-check to time-of-use (toctou) race
with target_value_store(). It can confuse readers to believe [1] the
division-by-zero can still happen. Drop the redundant and racy check.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20261021005234.94107-1-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
index 637f1bd0c950b..38efdc258ef3f 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
@@ -2898,9 +2898,6 @@ static int damos_sysfs_add_quota_score(
struct damos_sysfs_quota_goal *sysfs_goal =
sysfs_goals->goals_arr[i];
- if (!sysfs_goal->target_value)
- continue;
-
goal = damos_new_quota_goal(sysfs_goal->metric,
sysfs_goal->complement,
sysfs_goal->target_value);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-31 20:26 [RFC PATCH 0/6] mm/damon: misc cleanup/improvements for core, vaddr, sysfs and tests SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] mm/damon/core: handle invalid target in damos_fix_stale_charge_pointers() SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-31 20:49 ` SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] mm/damon/vaddr: advance migration attempt in folio level for filter out SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-31 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] mm/damon/vaddr: implement sz_filter_passed for migrate_{hot,cold} action SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-31 20:56 ` SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:26 ` SJ Park [this message]
2026-10-31 20:32 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: drop redundant and racy zero target_value check sashiko-bot
2026-10-31 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] selftests/damon/damos_apply_interval: remove unused variables SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-31 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] selftests/damon: remove unused imports of os and sys modules SJ Park
2026-10-31 20:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-31 20:57 ` SJ Park
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