linux-stable.git/mm, branch v6.18.32 Linux kernel stable tree mm/damon/core: disallow time-quota setting zero esz 2026-05-17T15:15:35+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-04-07T00:31:52+00:00 a9591e4083cc703fb3fe272b0cdcbe0a213538df commit 8bbde987c2b84f80da0853f739f0a920386f8b99 upstream. When the throughput of a DAMOS scheme is very slow, DAMOS time quota can make the effective size quota smaller than damon_ctx->min_region_sz. In the case, damos_apply_scheme() will skip applying the action, because the action is tried at region level, which requires >=min_region_sz size. That is, the quota is effectively exceeded for the quota charge window. Because no action will be applied, the total_charged_sz and total_charged_ns are also not updated. damos_set_effective_quota() will try to update the effective size quota before starting the next charge window. However, because the total_charged_sz and total_charged_ns have not updated, the throughput and effective size quota are also not changed. Since effective size quota can only be decreased, other effective size quota update factors including DAMOS quota goals and size quota cannot make any change, either. As a result, the scheme is unexpectedly deactivated until the user notices and mitigates the situation. The users can mitigate this situation by changing the time quota online or re-install the scheme. While the mitigation is somewhat straightforward, finding the situation would be challenging, because DAMON is not providing good observabilities for that. Even if such observability is provided, doing the additional monitoring and the mitigation is somewhat cumbersome and not aligned to the intention of the time quota. The time quota was intended to help reduce the user's administration overhead. Fix the problem by setting time quota-modified effective size quota be at least min_region_sz always. The issue was discovered [1] by sashiko. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260407003153.79589-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260405192504.110014-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: 1cd243030059 ("mm/damon/schemes: implement time quota") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 8bbde987c2b84f80da0853f739f0a920386f8b99 upstream.

When the throughput of a DAMOS scheme is very slow, DAMOS time quota can
make the effective size quota smaller than damon_ctx->min_region_sz.  In
the case, damos_apply_scheme() will skip applying the action, because the
action is tried at region level, which requires >=min_region_sz size.
That is, the quota is effectively exceeded for the quota charge window.

Because no action will be applied, the total_charged_sz and
total_charged_ns are also not updated.  damos_set_effective_quota() will
try to update the effective size quota before starting the next charge
window.  However, because the total_charged_sz and total_charged_ns have
not updated, the throughput and effective size quota are also not changed.
Since effective size quota can only be decreased, other effective size
quota update factors including DAMOS quota goals and size quota cannot
make any change, either.

As a result, the scheme is unexpectedly deactivated until the user notices
and mitigates the situation.  The users can mitigate this situation by
changing the time quota online or re-install the scheme.  While the
mitigation is somewhat straightforward, finding the situation would be
challenging, because DAMON is not providing good observabilities for that.
Even if such observability is provided, doing the additional monitoring
and the mitigation is somewhat cumbersome and not aligned to the intention
of the time quota.  The time quota was intended to help reduce the user's
administration overhead.

Fix the problem by setting time quota-modified effective size quota be at
least min_region_sz always.

The issue was discovered [1] by sashiko.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260407003153.79589-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260405192504.110014-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: 1cd243030059 ("mm/damon/schemes: implement time quota")
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.16.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/damon/reclaim: detect and use fresh enabled and kdamond_pid values 2026-05-17T15:15:35+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-04-19T16:10:00+00:00 d893804e9e3bd29e14d52813a8648a552417f826 commit 64a140afa5ed1c6f5ba6d451512cbdbbab1ba339 upstream. Patch series "mm/damon/modules: detect and use fresh status", v3. DAMON modules including DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT commonly expose the kdamond running status via their parameters. Under certain scenarios including wrong user inputs and memory allocation failures, those parameter values can be stale. It can confuse users. For DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, it even makes the kdamond unable to be restarted before the system reboot. The problem comes from the fact that there are multiple events for the status changes and it is difficult to follow up all the scenarios. Fix the issue by detecting and using the status on demand, instead of using a cached status that is difficult to be updated. Patches 1-3 fix the bugs in DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT in the order. This patch (of 3): DAMON_RECLAIM updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped in events other than the explicit user request in the following three events. 1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the execution, 2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and 3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures. Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of the status parameters can be stale. Users could show the stale values and be confused. This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse. DAMON_RECLAIM avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls based on the 'enabled' parameter value. And the update of 'enabled' parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call results. Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events, the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot. For example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps. # cd /sys/module/damon_reclaim/parameters # # # start DAMON_RECLAIM # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 806 2 0 17:53 ? 00:00:00 [kdamond.0] root 808 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request # echo 3 > addr_unit # echo Y > commit_inputs bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # # # confirm kdamond is stopped # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 811 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # users casn now show stable status # cat enabled Y # cat kdamond_pid 806 # # # even after fixing the wrong parameter, # # kdamond cannot be restarted. # echo 1 > addr_unit # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 815 803 0 17:54 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the following reasons. The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups since those allocations are arguably too small to fail. Also sane users on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters. But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad. And the bug is a bug. The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can change the status, and following all the events is challenging. Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those are requested. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-2-sj@kernel.org Fixes: e035c280f6df ("mm/damon/reclaim: support online inputs update") Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.19.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 64a140afa5ed1c6f5ba6d451512cbdbbab1ba339 upstream.

Patch series "mm/damon/modules: detect and use fresh status", v3.

DAMON modules including DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT
commonly expose the kdamond running status via their parameters.  Under
certain scenarios including wrong user inputs and memory allocation
failures, those parameter values can be stale.  It can confuse users.  For
DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, it even makes the kdamond unable to be
restarted before the system reboot.

The problem comes from the fact that there are multiple events for the
status changes and it is difficult to follow up all the scenarios.  Fix
the issue by detecting and using the status on demand, instead of using a
cached status that is difficult to be updated.

Patches 1-3 fix the bugs in DAMON_RECLAIM, DAMON_LRU_SORT and DAMON_STAT
in the order.


This patch (of 3):

DAMON_RECLAIM updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which
represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly
requests start/stop of the kdamond.  The kdamond can, however, be stopped
in events other than the explicit user request in the following three
events.

1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the
   execution,
2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and
3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures.

Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of
the status parameters can be stale.  Users could show the stale values and
be confused.  This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse.
DAMON_RECLAIM avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls
based on the 'enabled' parameter value.  And the update of 'enabled'
parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call
results.  Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events,
the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot.  For
example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps.

    # cd /sys/module/damon_reclaim/parameters
    #
    # # start DAMON_RECLAIM
    # echo Y > enabled
    # ps -ef | grep kdamond
    root         806       2  0 17:53 ?        00:00:00 [kdamond.0]
    root         808     803  0 17:53 pts/4    00:00:00 grep kdamond
    #
    # # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request
    # echo 3 > addr_unit
    # echo Y > commit_inputs
    bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
    #
    # # confirm kdamond is stopped
    # ps -ef | grep kdamond
    root         811     803  0 17:53 pts/4    00:00:00 grep kdamond
    #
    # # users casn now show stable status
    # cat enabled
    Y
    # cat kdamond_pid
    806
    #
    # # even after fixing the wrong parameter,
    # # kdamond cannot be restarted.
    # echo 1 > addr_unit
    # echo Y > enabled
    # ps -ef | grep kdamond
    root         815     803  0 17:54 pts/4    00:00:00 grep kdamond

The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the
following reasons.  The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups
since those allocations are arguably too small to fail.  Also sane users
on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters.
But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad.  And the bug is a bug.

The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can
change the status, and following all the events is challenging.
Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those
are requested.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-2-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: e035c280f6df ("mm/damon/reclaim: support online inputs update")
Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.19.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/damon/lru_sort: detect and use fresh enabled and kdamond_pid values 2026-05-17T15:15:35+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-04-19T16:10:01+00:00 4697ed7be9b991c9790fa322b3e7302491704668 commit b98b7ff6025ae82570d4915e083f0cbd8d48b3cf upstream. DAMON_LRU_SORT updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped in events other than the explicit user request in the following three events. 1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the execution, 2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and 3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures. Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of the status parameters can be stale. Users could show the stale values and be confused. This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse. DAMON_LRU_SORT avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls based on the 'enabled' parameter value. And the update of 'enabled' parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call results. Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events, the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot. For example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps. # cd /sys/module/damon_lru_sort/parameters # # # start DAMON_LRU_SORT # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 806 2 0 17:53 ? 00:00:00 [kdamond.0] root 808 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request # echo 3 > addr_unit # echo Y > commit_inputs bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # # # confirm kdamond is stopped # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 811 803 0 17:53 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond # # # users casn now show stable status # cat enabled Y # cat kdamond_pid 806 # # # even after fixing the wrong parameter, # # kdamond cannot be restarted. # echo 1 > addr_unit # echo Y > enabled # ps -ef | grep kdamond root 815 803 0 17:54 pts/4 00:00:00 grep kdamond The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the following reasons. The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups since those allocations are arguably too small to fail. Also sane users on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters. But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad. And the bug is a bug. The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can change the status, and following all the events is challenging. Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those are requested. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-3-sj@kernel.org Fixes: 40e983cca927 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based LRU-lists Sorting") Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.0.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit b98b7ff6025ae82570d4915e083f0cbd8d48b3cf upstream.

DAMON_LRU_SORT updates 'enabled' and 'kdamond_pid' parameter values, which
represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly
requests start/stop of the kdamond.  The kdamond can, however, be stopped
in events other than the explicit user request in the following three
events.

1. ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the
   execution,
2. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to invalid user input, and
3. damon_commit_ctx() failure due to its internal allocation failures.

Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the above three events, the values of
the status parameters can be stale.  Users could show the stale values and
be confused.  This is already bad, but the real consequence is worse.
DAMON_LRU_SORT avoids unnecessary damon_start() and damon_stop() calls
based on the 'enabled' parameter value.  And the update of 'enabled'
parameter value depends on the damon_start() and damon_stop() call
results.  Hence, once the kdamond has stopped by the unintentional events,
the user cannot restart the kdamond before the system reboot.  For
example, the issue can be reproduced via below steps.

    # cd /sys/module/damon_lru_sort/parameters
    #
    # # start DAMON_LRU_SORT
    # echo Y > enabled
    # ps -ef | grep kdamond
    root         806       2  0 17:53 ?        00:00:00 [kdamond.0]
    root         808     803  0 17:53 pts/4    00:00:00 grep kdamond
    #
    # # commit wrong input to stop kdamond withou explicit stop request
    # echo 3 > addr_unit
    # echo Y > commit_inputs
    bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
    #
    # # confirm kdamond is stopped
    # ps -ef | grep kdamond
    root         811     803  0 17:53 pts/4    00:00:00 grep kdamond
    #
    # # users casn now show stable status
    # cat enabled
    Y
    # cat kdamond_pid
    806
    #
    # # even after fixing the wrong parameter,
    # # kdamond cannot be restarted.
    # echo 1 > addr_unit
    # echo Y > enabled
    # ps -ef | grep kdamond
    root         815     803  0 17:54 pts/4    00:00:00 grep kdamond

The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups for the
following reasons.  The allocation failures are unlikely in such setups
since those allocations are arguably too small to fail.  Also sane users
on real production environments may not commit wrong input parameters.
But once it happens, the consequence is quite bad.  And the bug is a bug.

The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can
change the status, and following all the events is challenging.
Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those
are requested.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-3-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 40e983cca927 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based LRU-lists Sorting")
Co-developed-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.0.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/damon/core: implement damon_kdamond_pid() 2026-05-17T15:15:35+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-01-15T15:20:41+00:00 679e65ae721c9d2e2c3a52d4a3bad239f75adbe4 commit 4262c53236977de3ceaa3bf2aefdf772c9b874dd upstream. Patch series "mm/damon: hide kdamond and kdamond_lock from API callers". 'kdamond' and 'kdamond_lock' fields initially exposed to DAMON API callers for flexible synchronization and use cases. As DAMON API became somewhat complicated compared to the early days, Keeping those exposed could only encourage the API callers to invent more creative but complicated and difficult-to-debug use cases. Fortunately DAMON API callers didn't invent that many creative use cases. There exist only two use cases of 'kdamond' and 'kdamond_lock'. Finding whether the kdamond is actively running, and getting the pid of the kdamond. For the first use case, a dedicated API function, namely 'damon_is_running()' is provided, and all DAMON API callers are using the function for the use case. Hence only the second use case is where the fields are directly being used by DAMON API callers. To prevent future invention of complicated and erroneous use cases of the fields, hide the fields from the API callers. For that, provide new dedicated DAMON API functions for the remaining use case, namely damon_kdamond_pid(), migrate DAMON API callers to use the new function, and mark the fields as private fields. This patch (of 5): 'kdamond' and 'kdamond_lock' are directly being used by DAMON API callers for getting the pid of the corresponding kdamond. To discourage invention of creative but complicated and erroneous new usages of the fields that require careful synchronization, implement a new API function that can simply be used without the manual synchronizations. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260115152047.68415-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260115152047.68415-2-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 4262c53236977de3ceaa3bf2aefdf772c9b874dd upstream.

Patch series "mm/damon: hide kdamond and kdamond_lock from API callers".

'kdamond' and 'kdamond_lock' fields initially exposed to DAMON API callers
for flexible synchronization and use cases.  As DAMON API became somewhat
complicated compared to the early days, Keeping those exposed could only
encourage the API callers to invent more creative but complicated and
difficult-to-debug use cases.

Fortunately DAMON API callers didn't invent that many creative use cases.
There exist only two use cases of 'kdamond' and 'kdamond_lock'.  Finding
whether the kdamond is actively running, and getting the pid of the
kdamond.  For the first use case, a dedicated API function, namely
'damon_is_running()' is provided, and all DAMON API callers are using the
function for the use case.  Hence only the second use case is where the
fields are directly being used by DAMON API callers.

To prevent future invention of complicated and erroneous use cases of the
fields, hide the fields from the API callers.  For that, provide new
dedicated DAMON API functions for the remaining use case, namely
damon_kdamond_pid(), migrate DAMON API callers to use the new function,
and mark the fields as private fields.


This patch (of 5):

'kdamond' and 'kdamond_lock' are directly being used by DAMON API callers
for getting the pid of the corresponding kdamond.  To discourage invention
of creative but complicated and erroneous new usages of the fields that
require careful synchronization, implement a new API function that can
simply be used without the manual synchronizations.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260115152047.68415-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260115152047.68415-2-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm, swap: speed up hibernation allocation and writeout 2026-05-14T13:30:25+00:00 Kairui Song kasong@tencent.com 2026-05-08T21:17:56+00:00 bbcef208c5da076d8316a07b44c5ecd3a6e23eff [ Upstream commit 396f57b5720024638dbb503f6a4abd988a49d815 ] Since commit 0ff67f990bd4 ("mm, swap: remove swap slot cache"), hibernation has been using the swap slot slow allocation path for simplification, which turns out might cause regression for some devices because the allocator now rotates clusters too often, leading to slower allocation and more random distribution of data. Fast allocation is not complex, so implement hibernation support as well. Test result with Samsung SSD 830 Series (SATA II, 3.0 Gbps) shows the performance is several times better [1]: 6.19: 324 seconds After this series: 35 seconds Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260216-hibernate-perf-v4-1-1ba9f0bf1ec9@tencent.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/8b4bdcfa-ce3f-4e23-839f-31367df7c18f@gmx.de/ [1] Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com> Fixes: 0ff67f990bd4 ("mm, swap: remove swap slot cache") Reported-by: Carsten Grohmann <mail@carstengrohmann.de> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260206121151.dea3633d1f0ded7bbf49c22e@linux-foundation.org/ Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org> Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org> Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com> Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [ adjusted helper signatures ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit 396f57b5720024638dbb503f6a4abd988a49d815 ]

Since commit 0ff67f990bd4 ("mm, swap: remove swap slot cache"),
hibernation has been using the swap slot slow allocation path for
simplification, which turns out might cause regression for some devices
because the allocator now rotates clusters too often, leading to slower
allocation and more random distribution of data.

Fast allocation is not complex, so implement hibernation support as well.

Test result with Samsung SSD 830 Series (SATA II, 3.0 Gbps) shows the
performance is several times better [1]:
6.19:               324 seconds
After this series:  35 seconds

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260216-hibernate-perf-v4-1-1ba9f0bf1ec9@tencent.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/8b4bdcfa-ce3f-4e23-839f-31367df7c18f@gmx.de/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Fixes: 0ff67f990bd4 ("mm, swap: remove swap slot cache")
Reported-by: Carsten Grohmann <mail@carstengrohmann.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260206121151.dea3633d1f0ded7bbf49c22e@linux-foundation.org/
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
[ adjusted helper signatures ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/damon/core: disallow non-power of two min_region_sz on damon_start() 2026-05-14T13:30:24+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-04-11T21:36:36+00:00 1de2db19a6028abe7d905875922faef5b873de67 commit 95093e5cb4c5b50a5b1a4b79f2942b62744bd66a upstream. Commit d8f867fa0825 ("mm/damon: add damon_ctx->min_sz_region") introduced a bug that allows unaligned DAMON region address ranges. Commit c80f46ac228b ("mm/damon/core: disallow non-power of two min_region_sz") fixed it, but only for damon_commit_ctx() use case. Still, DAMON sysfs interface can emit non-power of two min_region_sz via damon_start(). Fix the path by adding the is_power_of_2() check on damon_start(). The issue was discovered by sashiko [1]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260411213638.77768-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260403155530.64647-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: d8f867fa0825 ("mm/damon: add damon_ctx->min_sz_region") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.18.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 95093e5cb4c5b50a5b1a4b79f2942b62744bd66a upstream.

Commit d8f867fa0825 ("mm/damon: add damon_ctx->min_sz_region") introduced
a bug that allows unaligned DAMON region address ranges.  Commit
c80f46ac228b ("mm/damon/core: disallow non-power of two min_region_sz")
fixed it, but only for damon_commit_ctx() use case.  Still, DAMON sysfs
interface can emit non-power of two min_region_sz via damon_start().  Fix
the path by adding the is_power_of_2() check on damon_start().

The issue was discovered by sashiko [1].

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260411213638.77768-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260403155530.64647-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: d8f867fa0825 ("mm/damon: add damon_ctx->min_sz_region")
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.18.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: protect memcg_path kfree() with damon_sysfs_lock 2026-05-14T13:30:21+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-04-23T15:02:51+00:00 eafd6f5372d29b0dd213799b92c2c9c7ad31d7da commit 1e68eb96e8beb1abefd12dd22c5637795d8a877e upstream. Patch series "mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: fix use-after-free for [memcg_]path". Reads of 'memcg_path' and 'path' files in DAMON sysfs interface could race with their writes, results in use-after-free. Fix those. This patch (of 2): damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->mmecg_path can be read and written by users, via DAMON sysfs memcg_path file. It can also be indirectly read, for the parameters {on,off}line committing to DAMON. The reads for parameters committing are protected by damon_sysfs_lock to avoid the sysfs files being destroyed while any of the parameters are being read. But the user-driven direct reads and writes are not protected by any lock, while the write is deallocating the memcg_path-pointing buffer. As a result, the readers could read the already freed buffer (user-after-free). Note that the user-reads don't race when the same open file is used by the writer, due to kernfs's open file locking. Nonetheless, doing the reads and writes with separate open files would be common. Fix it by protecting both the user-direct reads and writes with damon_sysfs_lock. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-1-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-2-sj@kernel.org Fixes: 4f489fe6afb3 ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write") Co-developed-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.16.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 1e68eb96e8beb1abefd12dd22c5637795d8a877e upstream.

Patch series "mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: fix use-after-free for [memcg_]path".

Reads of 'memcg_path' and 'path' files in DAMON sysfs interface could race
with their writes, results in use-after-free.  Fix those.


This patch (of 2):

damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->mmecg_path can be read and written by users,
via DAMON sysfs memcg_path file.  It can also be indirectly read, for the
parameters {on,off}line committing to DAMON.  The reads for parameters
committing are protected by damon_sysfs_lock to avoid the sysfs files
being destroyed while any of the parameters are being read.  But the
user-driven direct reads and writes are not protected by any lock, while
the write is deallocating the memcg_path-pointing buffer.  As a result,
the readers could read the already freed buffer (user-after-free).  Note
that the user-reads don't race when the same open file is used by the
writer, due to kernfs's open file locking.  Nonetheless, doing the reads
and writes with separate open files would be common.  Fix it by protecting
both the user-direct reads and writes with damon_sysfs_lock.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423150253.111520-2-sj@kernel.org
Fixes: 4f489fe6afb3 ("mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write")
Co-developed-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junxi Qian <qjx1298677004@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.16.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/damon/stat: detect and use fresh enabled value 2026-05-14T13:30:21+00:00 SeongJae Park sj@kernel.org 2026-04-19T16:10:02+00:00 cb825c22c00268823801e21ea8d7dd1e4d72adfd commit f98590bc08d4aea435e1c2213e38bae0d9e9a7bb upstream. DAMON_STAT updates 'enabled' parameter value, which represents the running status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the kdamond. The kdamond can, however, be stopped even if the user explicitly requested the stop, if ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at beginning of the execution of the kdamond. Hence, if the kdamond is stopped by the allocation failure, the value of the parameter can be stale. Users could show the stale value and be confused. The problem will only rarely happen in real and common setups because the allocation is arguably too small to fail. Also, unlike the similar bugs that are now fixed in DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, kdamond can be restarted in this case, because DAMON_STAT force-updates the enabled parameter value for user inputs. The bug is a bug, though. The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can change the status, and following all the events is challenging. Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those are requested. The issue was dicovered [1] by Sashiko. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-4-sj@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260416040602.88665-1-sj@kernel.org [1] Fixes: 369c415e6073 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON_STAT module") Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.17.x Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit f98590bc08d4aea435e1c2213e38bae0d9e9a7bb upstream.

DAMON_STAT updates 'enabled' parameter value, which represents the running
status of its kdamond, when the user explicitly requests start/stop of the
kdamond.  The kdamond can, however, be stopped even if the user explicitly
requested the stop, if ctx->regions_score_histogram allocation failure at
beginning of the execution of the kdamond.  Hence, if the kdamond is
stopped by the allocation failure, the value of the parameter can be
stale.

Users could show the stale value and be confused.  The problem will only
rarely happen in real and common setups because the allocation is arguably
too small to fail.  Also, unlike the similar bugs that are now fixed in
DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT, kdamond can be restarted in this case,
because DAMON_STAT force-updates the enabled parameter value for user
inputs.  The bug is a bug, though.

The issue stems from the fact that there are multiple events that can
change the status, and following all the events is challenging.
Dynamically detect and use the fresh status for the parameters when those
are requested.

The issue was dicovered [1] by Sashiko.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260419161003.79176-4-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260416040602.88665-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: 369c415e6073 ("mm/damon: introduce DAMON_STAT module")
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.17.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/hugetlb_cma: round up per_node before logging it 2026-05-14T13:30:15+00:00 Sang-Heon Jeon ekffu200098@gmail.com 2026-04-22T14:33:53+00:00 8f75597dfc67bd8c6b9c0ea9fc42abb28e3f6b04 commit 8f5ce56b76303c55b78a87af996e2e0f8535f979 upstream. When the user requests a total hugetlb CMA size without per-node specification, hugetlb_cma_reserve() computes per_node from hugetlb_cma_size and the number of nodes that have memory per_node = DIV_ROUND_UP(hugetlb_cma_size, nodes_weight(hugetlb_bootmem_nodes)); The reservation loop later computes size = round_up(min(per_node, hugetlb_cma_size - reserved), PAGE_SIZE << order); So the actually reserved per_node size is multiple of (PAGE_SIZE << order), but the logged per_node is not rounded up, so it may be smaller than the actual reserved size. For example, as the existing comment describes, if a 3 GB area is requested on a machine with 4 NUMA nodes that have memory, 1 GB is allocated on the first three nodes, but the printed log is hugetlb_cma: reserve 3072 MiB, up to 768 MiB per node Round per_node up to (PAGE_SIZE << order) before logging so that the printed log always matches the actual reserved size. No functional change to the actual reservation size, as the following case analysis shows 1. remaining (hugetlb_cma_size - reserved) >= rounded per_node - AS-IS: min() picks unrounded per_node; round_up() returns rounded per_node - TO-BE: min() picks rounded per_node; round_up() returns rounded per_node (no-op) 2. remaining < unrounded per_node - AS-IS: min() picks remaining; round_up() returns round_up(remaining) - TO-BE: min() picks remaining; round_up() returns round_up(remaining) 3. unrounded per_node <= remaining < rounded per_node - AS-IS: min() picks unrounded per_node; round_up() returns rounded per_node - TO-BE: min() picks remaining; round_up() returns round_up(remaining) equals rounded per_node Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260422143353.852257-1-ekffu200098@gmail.com Fixes: cf11e85fc08c ("mm: hugetlb: optionally allocate gigantic hugepages using cma") # 5.7 Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 8f5ce56b76303c55b78a87af996e2e0f8535f979 upstream.

When the user requests a total hugetlb CMA size without per-node
specification, hugetlb_cma_reserve() computes per_node from
hugetlb_cma_size and the number of nodes that have memory

        per_node = DIV_ROUND_UP(hugetlb_cma_size,
                                nodes_weight(hugetlb_bootmem_nodes));

The reservation loop later computes

        size = round_up(min(per_node, hugetlb_cma_size - reserved),
                          PAGE_SIZE << order);

So the actually reserved per_node size is multiple of (PAGE_SIZE <<
order), but the logged per_node is not rounded up, so it may be smaller
than the actual reserved size.

For example, as the existing comment describes, if a 3 GB area is
requested on a machine with 4 NUMA nodes that have memory, 1 GB is
allocated on the first three nodes, but the printed log is

        hugetlb_cma: reserve 3072 MiB, up to 768 MiB per node

Round per_node up to (PAGE_SIZE << order) before logging so that the
printed log always matches the actual reserved size.  No functional change
to the actual reservation size, as the following case analysis shows

1. remaining (hugetlb_cma_size - reserved) >= rounded per_node
 - AS-IS: min() picks unrounded per_node;
    round_up() returns rounded per_node
 - TO-BE: min() picks rounded per_node;
    round_up() returns rounded per_node (no-op)
2. remaining < unrounded per_node
 - AS-IS: min() picks remaining;
    round_up() returns round_up(remaining)
 - TO-BE: min() picks remaining;
    round_up() returns round_up(remaining)
3. unrounded per_node <= remaining < rounded per_node
 - AS-IS: min() picks unrounded per_node;
    round_up() returns rounded per_node
 - TO-BE: min() picks remaining;
    round_up() returns round_up(remaining) equals rounded per_node

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260422143353.852257-1-ekffu200098@gmail.com
Fixes: cf11e85fc08c ("mm: hugetlb: optionally allocate gigantic hugepages using cma") # 5.7
Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/slab: return NULL early from kmalloc_nolock() in NMI on UP 2026-05-07T04:12:02+00:00 Harry Yoo (Oracle) harry@kernel.org 2026-04-27T07:09:53+00:00 a8d95d274be241ad21f6523bf2d6ba0d7d7e46b7 commit 5b31044e649e3e54c2caef135c09b371c2fbcd08 upstream. On UP kernels (!CONFIG_SMP), spin_trylock() is a no-op that unconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a result, kmalloc_nolock() called from NMI context can re-enter the slab allocator and acquire n->list_lock that the interrupted context is already holding, corrupting slab state. With CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK on UP, the following BUG is triggered with the slub_kunit test module: BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kunit_try_catch/243 [...] Call Trace: <NMI> dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0x60 do_raw_spin_trylock+0x41/0x50 _raw_spin_trylock+0x24/0x50 get_from_partial_node+0x120/0x4d0 ___slab_alloc+0x8a/0x4c0 kmalloc_nolock_noprof+0x164/0x310 [...] </NMI> Fix this by returning NULL early when invoked from NMI on a UP kernel. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/ad_cqe51pvr1WaDg@hyeyoo Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: af92793e52c3 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock().") Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427-nolock-api-fix-v2-2-a6b83a92d9a4@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 5b31044e649e3e54c2caef135c09b371c2fbcd08 upstream.

On UP kernels (!CONFIG_SMP), spin_trylock() is a no-op that
unconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a
result, kmalloc_nolock() called from NMI context can re-enter the slab
allocator and acquire n->list_lock that the interrupted context is
already holding, corrupting slab state.

With CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK on UP, the following BUG is triggered with
the slub_kunit test module:

  BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kunit_try_catch/243
  [...]
  Call Trace:
   <NMI>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0x60
   do_raw_spin_trylock+0x41/0x50
   _raw_spin_trylock+0x24/0x50
   get_from_partial_node+0x120/0x4d0
   ___slab_alloc+0x8a/0x4c0
   kmalloc_nolock_noprof+0x164/0x310
   [...]
   </NMI>

Fix this by returning NULL early when invoked from NMI on a UP kernel.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/ad_cqe51pvr1WaDg@hyeyoo
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: af92793e52c3 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock().")
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427-nolock-api-fix-v2-2-a6b83a92d9a4@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>