Re: (sashiko review) [RFC PATCH v2 1/1] mm/damon: support MADV_COLLAPSE via DAMOS_COLLAPSE scheme action

From: SeongJae Park

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 20:34:59 EST


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commit eaed291e6fae91842b1836c68bab867d53525db5
Author: Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

mm/damon: support MADV_COLLAPSE via DAMOS_COLLAPSE scheme action

This commit introduces a new DAMON action, DAMOS_COLLAPSE. It allows
DAMON to synchronously collapse an address range by calling madvise
with MADV_COLLAPSE.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/damon/20260313000816.79933-1-sj@xxxxxxxxxx/

[ ... ]
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
> index 3aa5c91548a5..c6476e63f4fb 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
> @@ -123,11 +123,12 @@ def assert_scheme_committed(scheme, dump):
> 'pageout': 2,
> 'hugepage': 3,
> 'nohugeapge': 4,
> - 'lru_prio': 5,
> - 'lru_deprio': 6,
> - 'migrate_hot': 7,
> - 'migrate_cold': 8,
> - 'stat': 9,
> + 'collapse': 5
> + 'lru_prio': 6,

Will this cause a Python syntax error when executing the selftest? It looks
like there is a missing comma after 'collapse': 5, which might break the
execution of the DAMON sysfs test suite.


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