[RFC PATCH 2/7] mm/damon/paddr: export damon_pa_* ops for IBS module

From: Ravi Jonnalagadda

Date: Sat May 16 2026 - 18:35:24 EST


Remove static qualifier from damon_pa_prepare_access_checks,
damon_pa_check_accesses, damon_pa_apply_probes, damon_pa_apply_scheme,
and damon_pa_scheme_score. Add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for each.

These functions are used as ops callbacks by the IBS backend module (damon_ibs.ko)
which registers paddr_ibs operations.

Signed-off-by: Ravi Jonnalagadda <ravis.opensrc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/ops-common.h | 13 +++++++++++++
mm/damon/paddr.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/ops-common.h b/mm/damon/ops-common.h
index 5efa5b5970def..0ec75276d985a 100644
--- a/mm/damon/ops-common.h
+++ b/mm/damon/ops-common.h
@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ bool damos_folio_filter_match(struct damos_filter *filter, struct folio *folio);
unsigned long damon_migrate_pages(struct list_head *folio_list, int target_nid);

bool damos_ops_has_filter(struct damos *s);
+
+/*
+ * paddr ops callbacks, declared here so paddr-family backends
+ * (e.g. paddr_ibs) can reuse the paddr operation implementations.
+ */
+void damon_pa_prepare_access_checks(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
+unsigned int damon_pa_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
+void damon_pa_apply_probes(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
+unsigned long damon_pa_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
+ struct damon_target *t, struct damon_region *r,
+ struct damos *scheme, unsigned long *sz_filter_passed);
+int damon_pa_scheme_score(struct damon_ctx *context,
+ struct damon_region *r, struct damos *scheme);
diff --git a/mm/damon/paddr.c b/mm/damon/paddr.c
index fc2154b6221fb..5af4ac2a7ed4d 100644
--- a/mm/damon/paddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/paddr.c
@@ -124,13 +124,14 @@ static void damon_pa_prepare_access_checks_faults(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
}
}

-static void damon_pa_prepare_access_checks(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+void damon_pa_prepare_access_checks(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
{
if (ctx->sample_control.primitives_enabled.page_table)
damon_pa_prepare_access_checks_abit(ctx);
if (ctx->sample_control.primitives_enabled.page_fault)
damon_pa_prepare_access_checks_faults(ctx);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(damon_pa_prepare_access_checks);

static bool damon_pa_young(phys_addr_t paddr, unsigned long *folio_sz)
{
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ static void __damon_pa_check_access(struct damon_region *r,
last_addr = sampling_addr;
}

-static unsigned int damon_pa_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+unsigned int damon_pa_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
{
struct damon_target *t;
struct damon_region *r;
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ static unsigned int damon_pa_check_accesses(struct damon_ctx *ctx)

return max_nr_accesses;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(damon_pa_check_accesses);

static bool damon_pa_filter_match(struct damon_filter *filter,
struct folio *folio)
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ static bool damon_pa_filter_pass(phys_addr_t pa, struct folio *folio,
return pass;
}

-static void damon_pa_apply_probes(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+void damon_pa_apply_probes(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
{
struct damon_target *t;
struct damon_region *r;
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ static void damon_pa_apply_probes(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
}
}
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(damon_pa_apply_probes);

/*
* damos_pa_filter_out - Return true if the page should be filtered out.
@@ -542,7 +545,7 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_alloc_or_free(

#endif

-static unsigned long damon_pa_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
+unsigned long damon_pa_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
struct damon_target *t, struct damon_region *r,
struct damos *scheme, unsigned long *sz_filter_passed)
{
@@ -574,8 +577,9 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
}
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(damon_pa_apply_scheme);

-static int damon_pa_scheme_score(struct damon_ctx *context,
+int damon_pa_scheme_score(struct damon_ctx *context,
struct damon_region *r, struct damos *scheme)
{
switch (scheme->action) {
@@ -595,6 +599,7 @@ static int damon_pa_scheme_score(struct damon_ctx *context,

return DAMOS_MAX_SCORE;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(damon_pa_scheme_score);

static int __init damon_pa_initcall(void)
{
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