From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6EA32E7F39; Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785298517; cv=none; b=Ub6seOeHG+MrQfMVommnBHLwEI0DbMzwDIqyA+mAeBsK+POI3s7PjDHnH/AMumPHQJvUumvso1kFjEflqQcSWRx9w8m1MBBlBHEQcSdV3+wr6wutGMPY2ahtAFfPvwGbciXaZZjb9nUVMKeMy88RKh+F2YZ4ZWXA9ZB6k/GEZdM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785298517; c=relaxed/simple; bh=OE60x0AEBOGB2eDUGLHva+zYqHq2xuCJZwOK3uz4VSs=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-Id; b=lyVLKTSR5GpIWRJgPiAmu4baaBYijTa95XEnYjlE8lIaQ07+7gnI6YpuJQqTJr8nxHpmSl1sZv0MHGVKR+odjq0nCJDA9K30V84/IHsiTuTC+Pt0TEnXfFuMYuz+xF9y203yjBT91kU8Z8cXQ6UzDdna/W3fnqJhvAketNNKeFY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b=z6hPFQkj; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b="z6hPFQkj" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E56271F00A3E; Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:15:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1785298513; bh=JgkviBcRo8UBgjLrRZY1Q3A2tw+A3khnFMjFGjZUF2c=; h=Date:To:From:Subject; b=z6hPFQkjilW94WgYus8tgxFbKIYym9zVEsw/DKfmnM+2VtCCAt5una+3miFXS3r6C yczgFdrqXD+axa9a5bZo0knzJ5FezoXRzojqf/zAQKiJQNHwC2bI8IUpyWfYlDRPb8 ovr0baJFrTbxl1HMRDesbhOutSNXZq9tbjC+UsUQ= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:15:12 -0700 To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,zenghui.yu@linux.dev,stable@vger.kernel.org,sj@kernel.org,akpm@linux-foundation.org From: Andrew Morton Subject: [merged mm-stable] samples-damon-mtier-handle-damon_stop-failure.patch removed from -mm tree Message-Id: <20260729041512.E56271F00A3E@smtp.kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: The quilt patch titled Subject: samples/damon/mtier: handle damon_stop() failure has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was samples-damon-mtier-handle-damon_stop-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 Subject: samples/damon/mtier: handle damon_stop() failure Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:54:43 -0700 damon_sample_mtier_stop() assumes its damon_stop() call will always successfully stops the two DAMON contexts. Hence it deallocates the two DAMON contexts after the damon_stop() call. However, if a given context is already stopped, damon_stop() fails and returns an error while letting the DAMON contexts that have not yet stopped keep running. This kind of unexpected early DAMON context stops could happen due to memory allocation failures in kdamond_fn(). Because damon_sample_mtier_stop() just deallocates all DAMON contexts with damon_target and damon_region objects that are linked to the contexts, the execution of the unstopped DAMON context (kdamond) ends up using the memory that freed (use-after-free). Fix the issue by separating the damon_stop() to be invoked per context. Note that DAMON_SYSFS also allows multiple DAMON contexts execution. But, it calls damon_stop() for each context one by one. Hence this issue is only in mtier. For the long term, it would be better to refactor damon_stop() to always ensure stopping all contexts regardless of the failures in the middle. Make this fix in the current way, though, to keep it simple and easy to backport. I will do the refactoring later. The issue was discovered [1] by Sashiko. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260628215447.96166-5-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260609014219.3013-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: 82a08bde3cf7 ("samples/damon: implement a DAMON module for memory tiering") Signed-off-by: SJ Park Reviewed-by: Zenghui Yu Cc: # 6.16.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- samples/damon/mtier.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/samples/damon/mtier.c~samples-damon-mtier-handle-damon_stop-failure +++ a/samples/damon/mtier.c @@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ static int damon_sample_mtier_start(void static void damon_sample_mtier_stop(void) { - damon_stop(ctxs, 2); + damon_stop(ctxs, 1); + damon_stop(&ctxs[1], 1); damon_destroy_ctx(ctxs[0]); damon_destroy_ctx(ctxs[1]); } _ 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