From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
To: sj@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm/damon/reclaim: reject non-power-of-2 addr_unit
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:16:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260319161620.189392-2-objecting@objecting.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260319161620.189392-1-objecting@objecting.org>
DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ / addr_unit is used as min_region_sz, which is
passed to ALIGN() and ALIGN_DOWN() in core.c. These macros require
power-of-2 alignment. When addr_unit is not a power of 2 (e.g., 3),
the division produces a non-power-of-2 min_region_sz, causing silent
undefined behavior in ALIGN before damon_commit_ctx() gets a chance
to reject it.
Validate that addr_unit is a power of 2 in the store function so the
user gets immediate -EINVAL feedback instead of a silent failure.
Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
---
mm/damon/reclaim.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
index 43d76f5bed44..9b55df304e51 100644
--- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
+++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int damon_reclaim_addr_unit_store(const char *val,
if (err)
return err;
- if (!input_addr_unit)
+ if (!input_addr_unit || !is_power_of_2(input_addr_unit))
return -EINVAL;
addr_unit = input_addr_unit;
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-19 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-19 16:16 [PATCH 0/2] mm/damon/reclaim: fix addr_unit validation and age truncation Josh Law
2026-03-19 16:16 ` Josh Law [this message]
2026-03-20 2:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/damon/reclaim: reject non-power-of-2 addr_unit SeongJae Park
2026-03-19 16:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm/damon/reclaim: fix min_age_region truncation from unsigned long to unsigned int Josh Law
2026-03-20 2:48 ` SeongJae Park
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