From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,zenghui.yu@linux.dev,stable@vger.kernel.org,sj@kernel.org,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [merged mm-stable] samples-damon-wsse-handle-damon_start-failure.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:15:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729041509.772611F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: samples/damon/wsse: handle damon_start() failure
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
samples-damon-wsse-handle-damon_start-failure.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
------------------------------------------------------
From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: samples/damon/wsse: handle damon_start() failure
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:54:40 -0700
Patch series "samples/damon: handle damon_{start,stop}() failures".
All DAMON sample modules are not correctly handling failures from
damon_start(). Among those, mtier also has an additional problem for
handling of damon_stop() failures. wsse and prcl also have a problem in
their damon_call() failure handling. As a result, memory leaks, next
DAMON operation disruptions, and use-after-free can happen. Fix those.
Note that only the damon_start() failure caused issues can reliably be
reproduced. Reproducing those issues require the admin permission,
though.
This patch (of 6):
damon_sample_wsse_start() callers assume it will clean up resources when
it fails. And the function does the cleanup for context buildup failures.
However, it is not doing the cleanup for damon_start() failure. As a
result, when damon_start() fails, it leaks the memory for DAMON context.
Free the context in case of the failure to fix the issues.
Note that the issue can reliably be reproduced because the module calls
damon_start() in the exclusive mode. For example,
$ sudo damo start
$ echo $$ | sudo tee /sys/module/damon_sample_wsse/parameters/target_pid
$ echo Y | sudo tee /sys/module/damon_sample_wsse/parameters/enabled
$ sudo cat /proc/allocinfo | grep damon_new_ctx
Because the first command is running another DAMON instance, the third
command fails the damon_start() call because the new DAMON instance cannot
exclusively run. And without this fix, by repeating the third and the
fourth commands above, we can show the memory consumption is only
increasing due to the leaks. It requires the sudo permission though.
The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260628215447.96166-2-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260609145814.70163-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: b757c6cfc696 ("samples/damon/wsse: start and stop DAMON as the user requests")
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zenghui Yu <zenghui.yu@linux.dev>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.14.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
samples/damon/wsse.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/samples/damon/wsse.c~samples-damon-wsse-handle-damon_start-failure
+++ a/samples/damon/wsse.c
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ static int damon_sample_wsse_start(void)
target->pid = target_pidp;
err = damon_start(&ctx, 1, true);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
return err;
+ }
repeat_call_control.data = ctx;
return damon_call(ctx, &repeat_call_control);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sj@kernel.org are
mm-damon-adjust-isolated-pages-stat-for-damos_migrate_hotcold.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-update-for-damos_quota_node_eligible_mem_bp.patch
docs-abi-damon-document-probe-files.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-damon_rand.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-multiple-probe-dirs-creation.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-coreops_filters-directories.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-dests-dir.patch
selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-all-files-in-quota-goal-dir.patch
mm-damon-core-reduce-range-setup-in-damon_commit_target_regions.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-split-probe-setup-function-out.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-split-out-filters-setup-function.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-fix-typos-in-probe_addrm_dirs-s-attr-probe.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-damon_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-always-update-last_nr_accesses-for-intervals-change.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-unreset-nr_accesses-in-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-use-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum-in-__damos_valid_target.patch
mm-damon-core-use-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum-for-damos-region-tracing.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-use-damon_nr_accesses_mvsum-for-damo-regions.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_warn_fix_nr_accesses_corruption.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_verify_reset_aggregated.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_verify_merge_regions_of.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setup-and-tests.patch
selftests-damon-drgn_dump_damon_status-do-not-dump-nr_accesses_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setups-and-updates.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-attrs-param-from-damon_update_region_access_rate.patch
mm-damon-paddr-remove-attrs-param-from-__damon_pa_check_access.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-remove-attrs-param-from-__damon_va_check_access.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_moving_sum-and-its-unit-test.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-damon_region-nr_accesses_bp.patch
mm-damon-add-damon_region-last_probe_hits.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_probe_hits_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-set-probe-hits-as-pseudo-moving-sums.patch
mm-damon-core-safely-validate-src-on-damon_commit_ctx.patch
mm-damon-core-do-parameter-testing-commit-on-damon_start.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-remove-duplicated-commit-input-validity-check.patch
mm-damon-reclaim-remove-duplicated-min_region_sz-power-of-2-check.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-remove-duplicated-min_region_sz-power_of_2-check.patch
mm-damon-document-region-size-validation-in-damon_set_regions.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-start-end-check-in-damon_set_region_system_rams.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-remove-region-size-validation.patch
mm-damon-core-stop-ctxs-in-damon_start-before-returning-an-error.patch
samples-damon-mtier-do-not-stop-first-context-for-damon_start-failure.patch
mm-damon-core-make-damon_stop-never-fails.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-reclaaim-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-core-change-damon_stop-return-type-to-void.patch
samples-damon-mtier-stop-all-contexts-with-single-damon_stop-call.patch
mm-damon-core-wait-ctx-stop-in-damon_call-before-reruning-an-error.patch
samples-damon-wsse-do-not-stop-ctx-for-damon_call-failure.patch
samples-damon-prcl-do-not-stop-damon-for-damon_call-failure.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-comment-and-test-for-nr_to_bp-divide-by-zero.patch
mm-damon-core-s-damon_max_nr_accesses-damon_nr_samples_per_aggr.patch
mm-damon-core-s-accesses_bp_to_nr_accesses-sample_bp_to_count.patch
mm-damon-core-s-nr_accesses_to_accesses_bp-sample_count_to_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-s-nr_accesses_for_new_attrs-nr_samples_for_new_attrs.patch
mm-damon-core-update-probe-hits-for-new-parameter-commit.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-unreset-probe_hits-in-probe_hits_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_probe-weight.patch
mm-damon-core-ask-apply_probes-ops-callback-to-set-sampling-address.patch
mm-damon-paddr-set-samples-in-apply_probes-if-requested.patch
mm-damon-core-ask-apply_probe-to-return-max-probe-hits-weighted-sum.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_probe_hits_wsum.patch
mm-damon-paddr-respect-return_max_wsum.patch
mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-instead-of-abs.patch
mm-damon-core-extend-merge-function-to-work-with-probe-hits.patch
mm-damon-core-disallow-probe_hits-overflow-on-attrs-only-monitoring.patch
mm-damon-core-validate-params-for-probe-hits-weighted-sum-overflow.patch
mm-damon-core-disable-access-monitoring-when-probe-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-set-samples-in-apply_probes-if-probe-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-s-max_nr_accesses-max_merge_score-in-kdamond_fn.patch
mm-damon-core-get-merge-threshold-from-probe-hits-when-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_has_probe_weight.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-implement-probe-weight-file.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-attrs-only-monitoring.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-document-weight-sysfs-file.patch
docs-abi-damon-document-probe-weight-file.patch
mm-damon-core-skip-aging-from-repeated-aggressive-merging.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_region-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_target-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_quota_goal-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_quota-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_filter-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_filter-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_probe-fields.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-do-not-directly-access-damon_ctx-ops.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-core-private-damon_ctx-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-avoid-infinite-kdamond_merge_regions-internal-loop.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-catch-test-failure-in-test_merge_regions_of.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-optimization.patch
mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-read-ops_id-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch
mm-damon-core-initialize-damos-last_applied.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-check-region-count-before-testing-in-split_at.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-kunit-check-region-count-in-three_regions-test.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-handle-region-split-failure-in-filter_out.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-skip-wrong-dest-walk-in-commit_dests_for.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-skip-wrong-quota-goal-walk-in-commit_quota_goals.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-skip-wrong-region-walk-in-commit_target_regions.patch
mm-damon-ops-common-use-nr_accesses-moving-sum-for-quota-score.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-region-split-failure-in-apply_min_nr_regions.patch
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