* [RFC PATCH v1.1] mm/damon/core: handle zero intervals in damon_max_nr_accesses()
@ 2026-06-20 17:14 SeongJae Park
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From: SeongJae Park @ 2026-06-20 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: SeongJae Park, # 5 . 16 . x, Andrew Morton, damon, linux-kernel,
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damon_max_nr_accesses() causes a divide-by-zero if the sampling interval
is set to zero by the user. If the aggregation interval is set to zero,
the function returns zero. It is wrong, since the real maximum
nr_acceses in the setup should be one. Worse yet, it can causes another
divide-by-zero from its caller, damon_hot_score(), since it uses
damon_max_nr_accesses() return value as a denominator.
Fix the problem by setting the denominator in the function as 1 when the
sampling interval is zero. Also ensure the return value is always 1 or
greater.
The issue was dicovered [1] by Sashiko.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260619202459.145010-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 198f0f4c58b9 ("mm/damon/vaddr,paddr: support pageout prioritization")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Changes from RFC v1
- rfc v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260619205144.150664-1-sj@kernel.org
- Handle zero aggr_interval case.
include/linux/damon.h | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index 64d75c78f4df4..02ac34537df9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -1066,9 +1066,13 @@ static inline bool damon_target_has_pid(const struct damon_ctx *ctx)
static inline unsigned int damon_max_nr_accesses(const struct damon_attrs *attrs)
{
- /* {aggr,sample}_interval are unsigned long, hence could overflow */
- return min(attrs->aggr_interval / attrs->sample_interval,
+ unsigned long sample_interval;
+ unsigned long max_nr_accesses;
+
+ sample_interval = attrs->sample_interval ? : 1;
+ max_nr_accesses = min(attrs->aggr_interval / sample_interval,
(unsigned long)UINT_MAX);
+ return max_nr_accesses ? : 1;
}
base-commit: 7a58ae62cdf3c006a53b805bbb12079ab2621a07
--
2.47.3
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