mm/damon/core: fix damon_call() vs kdamond_fn() exit race

Patch series "mm/damon/core: fix damon_call()/damos_walk() vs kdmond exit
race".

damon_call() and damos_walk() can leak memory and/or deadlock when they
race with kdamond terminations.  Fix those.


This patch (of 2);

When kdamond_fn() main loop is finished, the function cancels all
remaining damon_call() requests and unset the damon_ctx->kdamond so that
API callers and API functions themselves can know the context is
terminated.  damon_call() adds the caller's request to the queue first. 
After that, it shows if the kdamond of the damon_ctx is still running
(damon_ctx->kdamond is set).  Only if the kdamond is running, damon_call()
starts waiting for the kdamond's handling of the newly added request.

The damon_call() requests registration and damon_ctx->kdamond unset are
protected by different mutexes, though.  Hence, damon_call() could race
with damon_ctx->kdamond unset, and result in deadlocks.

For example, let's suppose kdamond successfully finished the damon_call()
requests cancelling.  Right after that, damon_call() is called for the
context.  It registers the new request, and shows the context is still
running, because damon_ctx->kdamond unset is not yet done.  Hence the
damon_call() caller starts waiting for the handling of the request. 
However, the kdamond is already on the termination steps, so it never
handles the new request.  As a result, the damon_call() caller threads
infinitely waits.

Fix this by introducing another damon_ctx field, namely
call_controls_obsolete.  It is protected by the
damon_ctx->call_controls_lock, which protects damon_call() requests
registration.  Initialize (unset) it in kdamond_fn() before letting
damon_start() returns and set it just before the cancelling of remaining
damon_call() requests is executed.  damon_call() reads the obsolete field
under the lock and avoids adding a new request.

After this change, only requests that are guaranteed to be handled or
cancelled are registered.  Hence the after-registration DAMON context
termination check is no longer needed.  Remove it together.

Note that the deadlock will not happen when damon_call() is called for
repeat mode request.  In tis case, damon_call() returns instead of waiting
for the handling when the request registration succeeds and it shows the
kdamond is running.  However, if the request also has dealloc_on_cancel,
the request memory would be leaked.

The issue is found by sashiko [1].

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260327233319.3528-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260327233319.3528-2-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260325141956.87144-1-sj@kernel.org [1]
Fixes: 42b7491af14c ("mm/damon/core: introduce damon_call()")
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.14.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index d9a3babbafc16..5129de70e7b70 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ struct damon_ctx {
 
 	/* lists of &struct damon_call_control */
 	struct list_head call_controls;
+	bool call_controls_obsolete;
 	struct mutex call_controls_lock;
 
 	struct damos_walk_control *walk_control;