FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-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-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x b3723b596b548c837a766aae3553c14a7b15af2b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026092948-moonrise-persecute-3597@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From b3723b596b548c837a766aae3553c14a7b15af2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 06:47:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

Once quota set, the charge_{target,addr}_from unconditionally skips and
resets at the last region of the tracked target, so the last region can be
skipped even when it has not been processed.

Example:

    1. Target has 2 regions: R1 (0-100 bytes) and R2 (100-200 bytes).
    2. Quota is configured to process only 100 bytes per window.
    3. Window 1: Processes R1 (0-100).  Quota is full.  charge_{target,
       addr}_from is saved at (Target, 100).
    4. Window 2: The loop reaches R2.  Because R2 is
       damon_last_region(t), the old code unconditionally returns true,
       skipping R2 entirely and resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from.

    Result: R2 is permanently skipped even though it has never been
    processed.

However, it is important to note that this is a very minor issue.  This is
because it is triggered only when the previous window saved/kept
charge_{target,addr}_from, and in the next window, all regions except the
last region were skipped by damos_skip_charged_region().

Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908134739.96919-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 50585192bc2e ("mm/damon/schemes: skip already charged targets and regions")
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.16.x

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 2b294fb46648..06a253df8d4b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -2342,36 +2342,39 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 {
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
+	bool skip = false;
 
 	/* Skip previously charged regions */
 	if (quota->charge_target_from) {
 		if (t != quota->charge_target_from)
 			return true;
-		if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
-			quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
-			quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from &&
-				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from)
-			return true;
+				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from) {
+			skip = true;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from && r->ar.start <
 				quota->charge_addr_from) {
 			sz_to_skip = ALIGN_DOWN(quota->charge_addr_from -
 					r->ar.start, min_region_sz);
 			if (!sz_to_skip) {
-				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz)
-					return true;
+				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz) {
+					skip = true;
+					goto out;
+				}
 				sz_to_skip = min_region_sz;
 			}
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
-			return true;
+			skip = true;
 		}
+	}
+out:
+	if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return skip;
 }
 
 static void damos_update_stat(struct damos *s,

[PATCH 6.6.y] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[SJ Park]

From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>

Once quota set, the charge_{target,addr}_from unconditionally skips and
resets at the last region of the tracked target, so the last region can be
skipped even when it has not been processed.

Example:

    1. Target has 2 regions: R1 (0-100 bytes) and R2 (100-200 bytes).
    2. Quota is configured to process only 100 bytes per window.
    3. Window 1: Processes R1 (0-100).  Quota is full.  charge_{target,
       addr}_from is saved at (Target, 100).
    4. Window 2: The loop reaches R2.  Because R2 is
       damon_last_region(t), the old code unconditionally returns true,
       skipping R2 entirely and resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from.

    Result: R2 is permanently skipped even though it has never been
    processed.

However, it is important to note that this is a very minor issue.  This is
because it is triggered only when the previous window saved/kept
charge_{target,addr}_from, and in the next window, all regions except the
last region were skipped by damos_skip_charged_region().

Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908134739.96919-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 50585192bc2e ("mm/damon/schemes: skip already charged targets and regions")
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.16.x
(cherry picked from commit b3723b596b548c837a766aae3553c14a7b15af2b)
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 0713fda22682c..5ede1733369f5 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -883,19 +883,17 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 	struct damon_region *r = *rp;
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
+	bool skip = false;
 
 	/* Skip previously charged regions */
 	if (quota->charge_target_from) {
 		if (t != quota->charge_target_from)
 			return true;
-		if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
-			quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
-			quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from &&
-				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from)
-			return true;
+				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from) {
+			skip = true;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from && r->ar.start <
 				quota->charge_addr_from) {
@@ -909,11 +907,15 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
 			r = damon_next_region(r);
 			*rp = r;
+			skip = false;
 		}
+	}
+out:
+	if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return skip;
 }
 
 static void damos_update_stat(struct damos *s,
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[SJ Park]

Hello stable team,


Please ignore this patch.  I made a mistake while backporting.  I will send v2.
Sashiko found the mistake.  Please refer to my reply [1] to Sashiko for more
details.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260930100637.53340-1-sj@kernel.org


Thanks,
SJ

[...]

[PATCH 6.6.y v2] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[SJ Park]

From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>

Once quota set, the charge_{target,addr}_from unconditionally skips and
resets at the last region of the tracked target, so the last region can be
skipped even when it has not been processed.

Example:

    1. Target has 2 regions: R1 (0-100 bytes) and R2 (100-200 bytes).
    2. Quota is configured to process only 100 bytes per window.
    3. Window 1: Processes R1 (0-100).  Quota is full.  charge_{target,
       addr}_from is saved at (Target, 100).
    4. Window 2: The loop reaches R2.  Because R2 is
       damon_last_region(t), the old code unconditionally returns true,
       skipping R2 entirely and resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from.

    Result: R2 is permanently skipped even though it has never been
    processed.

However, it is important to note that this is a very minor issue.  This is
because it is triggered only when the previous window saved/kept
charge_{target,addr}_from, and in the next window, all regions except the
last region were skipped by damos_skip_charged_region().

Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908134739.96919-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 50585192bc2e ("mm/damon/schemes: skip already charged targets and regions")
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.16.x
(cherry picked from commit b3723b596b548c837a766aae3553c14a7b15af2b)
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Changes from v1
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260930093707.48739-1-sj@kernel.org
- Add missed damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz case change.

 mm/damon/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 0713fda22682c..c31683c12dd48 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -883,37 +883,41 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 	struct damon_region *r = *rp;
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
+	bool skip = false;
 
 	/* Skip previously charged regions */
 	if (quota->charge_target_from) {
 		if (t != quota->charge_target_from)
 			return true;
-		if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
-			quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
-			quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from &&
-				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from)
-			return true;
+				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from) {
+			skip = true;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from && r->ar.start <
 				quota->charge_addr_from) {
 			sz_to_skip = ALIGN_DOWN(quota->charge_addr_from -
 					r->ar.start, DAMON_MIN_REGION);
 			if (!sz_to_skip) {
-				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= DAMON_MIN_REGION)
-					return true;
+				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= DAMON_MIN_REGION) {
+					skip = true;
+					goto out;
+				}
 				sz_to_skip = DAMON_MIN_REGION;
 			}
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
 			r = damon_next_region(r);
 			*rp = r;
+			skip = false;
 		}
+	}
+out:
+	if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return skip;
 }
 
 static void damos_update_stat(struct damos *s,
-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH 6.6.y 1/3] mm/damon/core: fix wasteful CPU calls by skipping non-existent targets

[Sasha Levin]

From: Enze Li <lienze@kylinos.cn>

[ Upstream commit 6e4930e33329eec80dd245f28b52202271f5fb28 ]

Currently, DAMON does not proactively clean up invalid monitoring targets
during its runtime.  When some monitored processes exit, DAMON continues
to make the following unnecessary function calls,

  --damon_for_each_target--
  --damon_for_each_region--
      damon_do_apply_schemes
        damos_apply_scheme
          damon_va_apply_scheme
            damos_madvise
              damon_get_mm

it is only in the damon_get_mm() function that it may finally discover the
target no longer exists, which wastes CPU resources.  A simple idea is to
check for the existence of monitoring targets within the
kdamond_need_stop() function and promptly clean up non-existent targets.

However, SJ pointed out that this approach is problematic because the
online commit logic incorrectly uses list indices to update the monitoring
state.  This can lead to data loss if the target list is changed
concurrently.  Meanwhile, SJ suggests checking for target existence at the
damon_for_each_target level, and if a target does not exist, simply skip
it and proceed to the next one.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251210052508.264433-1-lienze@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Enze Li <lienze@kylinos.cn>
Suggested-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: b3723b596b54 ("mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 0713fda22682c..2990367d849eb 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1156,6 +1156,9 @@ static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 		return;
 
 	damon_for_each_target(t, c) {
+		if (c->ops.target_valid && c->ops.target_valid(t) == false)
+			continue;
+
 		damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next_r, t)
 			damon_do_apply_schemes(c, t, r);
 	}
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH 6.6.y 2/3] mm/damon/core: do non-safe region walk on kdamond_apply_schemes()

[Sasha Levin]

From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 1745ccbd2907db2bdaa843e4abccde4fdaccbe5d ]

kdamond_apply_schemes() is using damon_for_each_region_safe(), which is
safe for deallocation of the region inside the loop.  However, the loop
internal logic does not deallocate regions.  Hence it is only wasting the
next pointer.  Also, it causes a problem.

When an address filter is applied, and there is a region that intersects
with the filter, the filter splits the region on the filter boundary.  The
intention is to let DAMOS apply action to only filtered-in address ranges.
However, it is using damon_for_each_region_safe(), which sets the next
region before the execution of the iteration.  Hence, the region that
split and now will be next to the previous region, is simply ignored.  As
a result, DAMOS applies the action to target regions bit slower than
expected, when the address filter is used.  Shouldn't be a big problem but
definitely better to be fixed.  damos_skip_charged_region() was working
around the issue using a double pointer hack.

Use damon_for_each_region(), which is safe for this use case.  And drop
the work around in damos_skip_charged_region().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260227170623.95384-3-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

[Stable backport: retain the min_region_sz argument of the existing
quota-skip helper and pass DAMON_MIN_REGION, since this tree has no
per-context minimum region size.  Use that argument for the helper's
alignment and split checks, preserving the stable minimum (including the
KUnit override) while matching the context required by b3723b596b54.
Update the helper's parameter documentation for the single region pointer.
No functions or context fields are added.]

Stable-dep-of: b3723b596b54 ("mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 2990367d849eb..d2ebfb6e34e3d 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -859,8 +859,9 @@ static bool damos_valid_target(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damon_target *t,
  * damos_skip_charged_region() - Check if the given region or starting part of
  * it is already charged for the DAMOS quota.
  * @t:	The target of the region.
- * @rp:	The pointer to the region.
+ * @r:	The region.
  * @s:	The scheme to be applied.
+ * @min_region_sz:	Minimum region size.
  *
  * If a quota of a scheme has exceeded in a quota charge window, the scheme's
  * action would applied to only a part of the target access pattern fulfilling
@@ -871,16 +872,18 @@ static bool damos_valid_target(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damon_target *t,
  * This function checks if a given region should be skipped or not for the
  * reason.  If only the starting part of the region has previously charged,
  * this function splits the region into two so that the second one covers the
- * area that not charged in the previous charge widnow and saves the second
- * region in *rp and returns false, so that the caller can apply DAMON action
- * to the second one.
+ * area that not charged in the previous charge widnow, and return true.  The
+ * caller can see the second one on the next iteration of the region walk.
+ * Note that this means the caller should use damon_for_each_region() instead
+ * of damon_for_each_region_safe().  If damon_for_each_region_safe() is used,
+ * the second region will just be ignored.
  *
- * Return: true if the region should be entirely skipped, false otherwise.
+ * Return: true if the region should be skipped, false otherwise.
  */
 static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
-		struct damon_region **rp, struct damos *s)
+		struct damon_region *r, struct damos *s,
+		unsigned long min_region_sz)
 {
-	struct damon_region *r = *rp;
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
 
@@ -900,15 +903,14 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from && r->ar.start <
 				quota->charge_addr_from) {
 			sz_to_skip = ALIGN_DOWN(quota->charge_addr_from -
-					r->ar.start, DAMON_MIN_REGION);
+					r->ar.start, min_region_sz);
 			if (!sz_to_skip) {
-				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= DAMON_MIN_REGION)
+				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz)
 					return true;
-				sz_to_skip = DAMON_MIN_REGION;
+				sz_to_skip = min_region_sz;
 			}
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
-			r = damon_next_region(r);
-			*rp = r;
+			return true;
 		}
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
@@ -1045,7 +1047,7 @@ static void damon_do_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c,
 		if (quota->esz && quota->charged_sz >= quota->esz)
 			continue;
 
-		if (damos_skip_charged_region(t, &r, s))
+		if (damos_skip_charged_region(t, r, s, DAMON_MIN_REGION))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!damos_valid_target(c, t, r, s))
@@ -1134,7 +1136,7 @@ static void damos_adjust_quota(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damos *s)
 static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 {
 	struct damon_target *t;
-	struct damon_region *r, *next_r;
+	struct damon_region *r;
 	struct damos *s;
 	unsigned long sample_interval = c->attrs.sample_interval ?
 		c->attrs.sample_interval : 1;
@@ -1159,7 +1161,7 @@ static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 		if (c->ops.target_valid && c->ops.target_valid(t) == false)
 			continue;
 
-		damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next_r, t)
+		damon_for_each_region(r, t)
 			damon_do_apply_schemes(c, t, r);
 	}
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH 6.6.y 3/3] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[Sasha Levin]

From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit b3723b596b548c837a766aae3553c14a7b15af2b ]

Once quota set, the charge_{target,addr}_from unconditionally skips and
resets at the last region of the tracked target, so the last region can be
skipped even when it has not been processed.

Example:

    1. Target has 2 regions: R1 (0-100 bytes) and R2 (100-200 bytes).
    2. Quota is configured to process only 100 bytes per window.
    3. Window 1: Processes R1 (0-100).  Quota is full.  charge_{target,
       addr}_from is saved at (Target, 100).
    4. Window 2: The loop reaches R2.  Because R2 is
       damon_last_region(t), the old code unconditionally returns true,
       skipping R2 entirely and resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from.

    Result: R2 is permanently skipped even though it has never been
    processed.

However, it is important to note that this is a very minor issue.  This is
because it is triggered only when the previous window saved/kept
charge_{target,addr}_from, and in the next window, all regions except the
last region were skipped by damos_skip_charged_region().

Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908134739.96919-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 50585192bc2e ("mm/damon/schemes: skip already charged targets and regions")
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.16.x
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index d2ebfb6e34e3d..82d806d0e2124 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -886,36 +886,39 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 {
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
+	bool skip = false;
 
 	/* Skip previously charged regions */
 	if (quota->charge_target_from) {
 		if (t != quota->charge_target_from)
 			return true;
-		if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
-			quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
-			quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from &&
-				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from)
-			return true;
+				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from) {
+			skip = true;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from && r->ar.start <
 				quota->charge_addr_from) {
 			sz_to_skip = ALIGN_DOWN(quota->charge_addr_from -
 					r->ar.start, min_region_sz);
 			if (!sz_to_skip) {
-				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz)
-					return true;
+				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz) {
+					skip = true;
+					goto out;
+				}
 				sz_to_skip = min_region_sz;
 			}
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
-			return true;
+			skip = true;
 		}
+	}
+out:
+	if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return skip;
 }
 
 static void damos_update_stat(struct damos *s,
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH 6.6.y v2] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[Sasha Levin]

> Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
> is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.

I'll hold this until the damon_split_region_at() failure handling fix
you mentioned is posted, and then take 6.12, 6.6 and 6.1 together with
it.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha

Re: [PATCH 6.6.y v2] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[SJ Park]

On Fri,  2 Oct 2026 10:19:50 -0400 Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:

> > Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
> > is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.
> 
> I'll hold this until the damon_split_region_at() failure handling fix
> you mentioned is posted, and then take 6.12, 6.6 and 6.1 together with
> it.

Makes perfect sense to me.  I will post the fix with this patch.


Thanks,
SJ

[...]

[PATCH 6.6.y v3 0/2] mm/damon/core: fix last region handling of damos_skip_charged_regions()

[SJ Park]

Patch 1 is a dependency of patch 2.  Without it, patch 2 introduces
out-of-bounds memory access bug that was found by Sashiko.  Patch 2
fixes a bug that categorized to be backported to stable@.

Changes from v2
- v2: https://lore.kernel.org/20260930101853.58786-1-sj@kernel.org
- Fix out-of-bounds memory access bug by adding patch 1.
Changes from v1
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260930093707.48739-1-sj@kernel.org
- Add missed damon_sz_region(r) <= min_region_sz case change.

Liew Rui Yan (1):
  mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

SeongJae Park (1):
  mm/damon/core: do non-safe region walk on kdamond_apply_schemes()

 mm/damon/core.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)


base-commit: ae7bc7c9b4336d7a8fb4bcfe0a6d8c925bde3ce9
-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH 6.6.y v3 1/2] mm/damon/core: do non-safe region walk on kdamond_apply_schemes()

[SJ Park]

From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>

kdamond_apply_schemes() is using damon_for_each_region_safe(), which is
safe for deallocation of the region inside the loop.  However, the loop
internal logic does not deallocate regions.  Hence it is only wasting the
next pointer.  Also, it causes a problem.

When an address filter is applied, and there is a region that intersects
with the filter, the filter splits the region on the filter boundary.  The
intention is to let DAMOS apply action to only filtered-in address ranges.
However, it is using damon_for_each_region_safe(), which sets the next
region before the execution of the iteration.  Hence, the region that
split and now will be next to the previous region, is simply ignored.  As
a result, DAMOS applies the action to target regions bit slower than
expected, when the address filter is used.  Shouldn't be a big problem but
definitely better to be fixed.  damos_skip_charged_region() was working
around the issue using a double pointer hack.

Use damon_for_each_region(), which is safe for this use case.  And drop
the work around in damos_skip_charged_region().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260227170623.95384-3-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit 1745ccbd2907db2bdaa843e4abccde4fdaccbe5d)
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index fe91b296f4c6..c86cac855b9b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -871,16 +871,17 @@ static bool damos_valid_target(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damon_target *t,
  * This function checks if a given region should be skipped or not for the
  * reason.  If only the starting part of the region has previously charged,
  * this function splits the region into two so that the second one covers the
- * area that not charged in the previous charge widnow and saves the second
- * region in *rp and returns false, so that the caller can apply DAMON action
- * to the second one.
+ * area that not charged in the previous charge widnow, and return true.  The
+ * caller can see the second one on the next iteration of the region walk.
+ * Note that this means the caller should use damon_for_each_region() instead
+ * of damon_for_each_region_safe().  If damon_for_each_region_safe() is used,
+ * the second region will just be ignored.
  *
- * Return: true if the region should be entirely skipped, false otherwise.
+ * Return: true if the region should be skipped, false otherwise.
  */
 static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
-		struct damon_region **rp, struct damos *s)
+		struct damon_region *r, struct damos *s)
 {
-	struct damon_region *r = *rp;
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
 
@@ -907,8 +908,7 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 				sz_to_skip = DAMON_MIN_REGION;
 			}
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
-			r = damon_next_region(r);
-			*rp = r;
+			return true;
 		}
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static void damon_do_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c,
 		if (quota->esz && quota->charged_sz >= quota->esz)
 			continue;
 
-		if (damos_skip_charged_region(t, &r, s))
+		if (damos_skip_charged_region(t, r, s))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!damos_valid_target(c, t, r, s))
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ static void damos_adjust_quota(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damos *s)
 static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 {
 	struct damon_target *t;
-	struct damon_region *r, *next_r;
+	struct damon_region *r;
 	struct damos *s;
 	unsigned long sample_interval = c->attrs.sample_interval ?
 		c->attrs.sample_interval : 1;
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 		return;
 
 	damon_for_each_target(t, c) {
-		damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next_r, t)
+		damon_for_each_region(r, t)
 			damon_do_apply_schemes(c, t, r);
 	}
 
-- 
2.47.3

[PATCH 6.6.y v3 2/2] mm/damon/core: fix unconditionally skip last region

[SJ Park]

From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>

Once quota set, the charge_{target,addr}_from unconditionally skips and
resets at the last region of the tracked target, so the last region can be
skipped even when it has not been processed.

Example:

    1. Target has 2 regions: R1 (0-100 bytes) and R2 (100-200 bytes).
    2. Quota is configured to process only 100 bytes per window.
    3. Window 1: Processes R1 (0-100).  Quota is full.  charge_{target,
       addr}_from is saved at (Target, 100).
    4. Window 2: The loop reaches R2.  Because R2 is
       damon_last_region(t), the old code unconditionally returns true,
       skipping R2 entirely and resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from.

    Result: R2 is permanently skipped even though it has never been
    processed.

However, it is important to note that this is a very minor issue.  This is
because it is triggered only when the previous window saved/kept
charge_{target,addr}_from, and in the next window, all regions except the
last region were skipped by damos_skip_charged_region().

Fix this by only resetting the charge_{target,addr}_from when last region
is reached, only skipping when it is applied or cannot split.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908134739.96919-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 50585192bc2e ("mm/damon/schemes: skip already charged targets and regions")
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.16.x
(cherry picked from commit b3723b596b548c837a766aae3553c14a7b15af2b)
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
 mm/damon/core.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index c86cac855b9b..c459eae4bbae 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -884,36 +884,39 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
 {
 	struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 	unsigned long sz_to_skip;
+	bool skip = false;
 
 	/* Skip previously charged regions */
 	if (quota->charge_target_from) {
 		if (t != quota->charge_target_from)
 			return true;
-		if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
-			quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
-			quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from &&
-				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from)
-			return true;
+				r->ar.end <= quota->charge_addr_from) {
+			skip = true;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		if (quota->charge_addr_from && r->ar.start <
 				quota->charge_addr_from) {
 			sz_to_skip = ALIGN_DOWN(quota->charge_addr_from -
 					r->ar.start, DAMON_MIN_REGION);
 			if (!sz_to_skip) {
-				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= DAMON_MIN_REGION)
-					return true;
+				if (damon_sz_region(r) <= DAMON_MIN_REGION) {
+					skip = true;
+					goto out;
+				}
 				sz_to_skip = DAMON_MIN_REGION;
 			}
 			damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
-			return true;
+			skip = true;
 		}
+	}
+out:
+	if (r == damon_last_region(t)) {
 		quota->charge_target_from = NULL;
 		quota->charge_addr_from = 0;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return skip;
 }
 
 static void damos_update_stat(struct damos *s,
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 6.6.y v3 0/2] mm/damon/core: fix last region handling of damos_skip_charged_regions()

[Sasha Levin]

> Patch 1 is a dependency of patch 2.  Without it, patch 2 introduces
> out-of-bounds memory access bug that was found by Sashiko.  Patch 2
> fixes a bug that categorized to be backported to stable@.

Queued the series for 6.6, thanks.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha