FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 1292c0ecb1caefb8ca064a3639d5673991e8810c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026072901-stapling-parkway-4887@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1292c0ecb1caefb8ca064a3639d5673991e8810c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:52:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()

DAMON core logic assumes zero length regions don't exist.  However, a few
DAMON API callers including DAMON_SYSFS, DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT
allow users to set empty monitoring target regions.  This could result in
WARN_ONCE() on CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY enabled kernel, and
divide-by-zero from damon_merge_two_regions().

For example, the WANR_ONCE() can be triggered like below.

    # grep DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY /boot/config-$(uname -r)
    # CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY=y
    # damo start
    # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0
    # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/start
    # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/end
    # echo commit > state
    # dmesg
    [....]
    [   73.705780] ------------[ cut here ]------------
    [   73.707552] start 0 >= end 0
    [   73.708452] WARNING: mm/damon/core.c:359 at damon_new_region+0x6e/0x80, CPU#1: kdamond.0/758
    [...]

All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the
regions.  Add the validation logic in the function.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260630035221.146458-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 43b0536cb471 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based Reclamation (DAMON_RECLAIM)")
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Yang yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index d99f7a297fdd..949d5309d54d 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ int damon_set_regions(struct damon_target *t, struct damon_addr_range *ranges,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err;
 
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_ranges; i++) {
+		if (ALIGN_DOWN(ranges[i].start, min_region_sz) >=
+				ALIGN(ranges[i].end, min_region_sz))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Remove regions which are not in the new ranges */
 	damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t) {
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_ranges; i++) {

[PATCH 6.1.y] mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()

[SJ Park]

DAMON core logic assumes zero length regions don't exist.  However, a few
DAMON API callers including DAMON_SYSFS, DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT
allow users to set empty monitoring target regions.  This could result in
WARN_ONCE() on CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY enabled kernel, and
divide-by-zero from damon_merge_two_regions().

For example, the WANR_ONCE() can be triggered like below.

    # grep DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY /boot/config-$(uname -r)
    # CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY=y
    # damo start
    # cd /sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin/kdamonds/0
    # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/start
    # echo 0 > contexts/0/targets/0/regions/0/end
    # echo commit > state
    # dmesg
    [....]
    [   73.705780] ------------[ cut here ]------------
    [   73.707552] start 0 >= end 0
    [   73.708452] WARNING: mm/damon/core.c:359 at damon_new_region+0x6e/0x80, CPU#1: kdamond.0/758
    [...]

All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the
regions.  Add the validation logic in the function.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260630035221.146458-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 43b0536cb471 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based Reclamation (DAMON_RECLAIM)")
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Yang yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit 1292c0ecb1caefb8ca064a3639d5673991e8810c)
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 4b434ebd37c53..0a0bb033f28a4 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ int damon_set_regions(struct damon_target *t, struct damon_addr_range *ranges,
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err;
 
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_ranges; i++) {
+		if (ALIGN_DOWN(ranges[i].start, DAMON_MIN_REGION) >=
+				ALIGN(ranges[i].end, DAMON_MIN_REGION))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Remove regions which are not in the new ranges */
 	damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t) {
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_ranges; i++) {
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 6.1.y] mm/damon/core: validate ranges in damon_set_regions()

[Sasha Levin]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 06:01:51PM -0700, SJ Park wrote:
>All DAMON API callers eventually use damon_set_regions() to setup the
>regions.  Add the validation logic in the function.

Queued for 6.1, thanks.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha