[PATCH] mm/damon/core: handle damon_call_control as normal under kdmond deactivation

From: SeongJae Park
Date: Sun Jun 29 2025 - 16:49:29 EST


DAMON sysfs interface internally uses damon_call() to update DAMON
parameters as users requested, online. However, DAMON core cancels any
damon_call() requests when it is deactivated by DAMOS watermarks.

As a result, users cannot change DAMON parameters online while DAMON is
deactivated. Note that users can turn DAMON off and on with different
watermarks to work around. Since deactivated DAMON is nearly same to
stopped DAMON, the work around should have no big problem. Anyway, a
bug is a bug.

There is no real good reason to cancel the damon_call() request under
DAMOS deactivation. Fix it by simply handling the request as normal,
rather than cancelling under the situation.

Fixes: 42b7491af14c ("mm/damon/core: introduce damon_call()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.14.x
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/core.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index b217e0120e09..bc2e58c1222d 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -2355,9 +2355,8 @@ static void kdamond_usleep(unsigned long usecs)
*
* If there is a &struct damon_call_control request that registered via
* &damon_call() on @ctx, do or cancel the invocation of the function depending
- * on @cancel. @cancel is set when the kdamond is deactivated by DAMOS
- * watermarks, or the kdamond is already out of the main loop and therefore
- * will be terminated.
+ * on @cancel. @cancel is set when the kdamond is already out of the main loop
+ * and therefore will be terminated.
*/
static void kdamond_call(struct damon_ctx *ctx, bool cancel)
{
@@ -2405,7 +2404,7 @@ static int kdamond_wait_activation(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
if (ctx->callback.after_wmarks_check &&
ctx->callback.after_wmarks_check(ctx))
break;
- kdamond_call(ctx, true);
+ kdamond_call(ctx, false);
damos_walk_cancel(ctx);
}
return -EBUSY;

base-commit: 8f6082b6e60e05f9bcd5c39b19ede995a8975283
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2.39.5