[RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/damon/core: move static variable rotation to damon_ctx
From: SJ Park
Date: Sat Oct 24 2026 - 15:34:51 EST
damon_split_some_reigons() uses a static variable, rotation, to remember
how many times it was called. It is again used to determine fair
selection of regions to split. Since it is a static variable, it can be
indeterministic and therefore less fair.
The user impact is not critical. No crash, no leak. DAMON's
best-effort and indeterministic monitoring accuracy could be slightly
more indeterministic when multiple kdamonds are used in parallel.
Fix the problem by moving the static variable into the damon_ctx struct.
Fixes: 1a582e6e0174 ("mm/damon/core: split a fraction of regions when nr_regions exceeds max/2")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 7.3.x
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-eebfcdde-2881-48ef-8df1-e2019d2a47f2
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/damon.h | 5 +++++
mm/damon/core.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index cb6a50032a1eb..380f9cf6ddd82 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -963,6 +963,11 @@ struct damon_ctx {
* for more details.
*/
unsigned long last_nr_regions;
+ /*
+ * number of damon_split_some_regions() invocations for this context.
+ * Read damon_split_some_regions() for more details.
+ */
+ unsigned long region_split_rotation;
};
/* Get a random number in [@l, @r) using @ctx's lockless PRNG. */
diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 09722257ce736..73b571b429cb3 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -3753,12 +3753,13 @@ static void damon_split_regions_of(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
static void damon_split_some_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
unsigned long split_step)
{
- static unsigned long rotation;
struct damon_target *t;
struct damon_region *r, *next;
- unsigned long offset = rotation++ % split_step;
+ unsigned long offset;
unsigned long idx = 0;
+ offset = ctx->region_split_rotation++ % split_step;
+
damon_for_each_target(t, ctx) {
damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t) {
unsigned long sz_region, sz_sub;
--
2.47.3