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From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>, SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
	damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm/damon/core: document damos_commit_dests() failure semantics
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:36:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320143648.91673-1-sj@kernel.org> (raw)

From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>

Add a kernel-doc-like comment to damos_commit_dests() documenting its
allocation failure contract: on -ENOMEM, the destination structure is
left in a partially torn-down state that is safe to deallocate via
damon_destroy_scheme(), but must not be reused for further commits.

This was unclear from the code alone and led to a separate patch [1]
attempting to reset nr_dests on failure.  Make the intended usage
explicit so future readers do not repeat the confusion.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260318214939.36100-1-objecting@objecting.org

Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Changes from v1
(https://lore.kernel.org/20260319071332.114595-1-objecting@objecting.org)
- Use kernel-doc like comment instead of kernel-doc for static function.
- Add a link to the previous discussion.
- Update description.
- Rebase to latest mm-new.
- Collect Reviewed-by: of SJ.

 mm/damon/core.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 4dae03a37f9ac..df9f5e94e0ddd 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,23 @@ static void damos_set_filters_default_reject(struct damos *s)
 		damos_filters_default_reject(&s->ops_filters);
 }
 
+/*
+ * damos_commit_dests() - Copy migration destinations from @src to @dst.
+ * @dst:	Destination structure to update.
+ * @src:	Source structure to copy from.
+ *
+ * If the number of destinations has changed, the old arrays in @dst are freed
+ * and new ones are allocated.  On success, @dst contains a full copy of
+ * @src's arrays and count.
+ *
+ * On allocation failure, @dst is left in a partially torn-down state: its
+ * arrays may be NULL and @nr_dests may not reflect the actual allocation
+ * sizes.  The structure remains safe to deallocate via damon_destroy_scheme(),
+ * but callers must not reuse @dst for further commits — it should be
+ * discarded.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -ENOMEM on allocation failure.
+ */
 static int damos_commit_dests(struct damos_migrate_dests *dst,
 		struct damos_migrate_dests *src)
 {

base-commit: 4fbbbf18fd43c2d7b692749b7c853157f901b709
-- 
2.47.3

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