From: Karthikeyan KS <karthiproffesional@gmail.com>
To: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Karthikeyan KS <karthiproffesional@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/damon: reject zero sampling interval
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:06:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917150631.1138698-1-karthiproffesional@gmail.com> (raw)
damon_set_attrs() already rejects inverted intervals (sample_interval >
aggr_interval) and invalid region counts, but it accepts
sample_interval == 0.
A zero sampling interval is not a valid monitoring period. Sysfs "on"
and "commit" both install attrs via damon_set_attrs(), so kdamond then
calls kdamond_usleep(0) and busy-spins.
Return -EINVAL if sample_interval is zero.
Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan KS <karthiproffesional@gmail.com>
---
Hello,
I recently started reading DAMON and just found this one. This
change only tightens damon_set_attrs() validation, in the same place
as the existing sample > aggr and min_nr_regions checks. It is not a
crash, UAF, or race.
sample_us=0 is accepted today, so kdamond_usleep(0) busy-spins (about
one core). Sysfs "on" and "commit" both go through damon_set_attrs();
one check covers both.
Checked on v7.3-rc3 (238650ef6c7c):
unpatched: echo on with sample_us=0 succeeds; kdamond uses ~97% of
one core. echo commit of 0 onto a running kdamond also
succeeds and it starts spinning.
patched: both on and commit return -EINVAL. Valid sample_us=5000
still starts. After a rejected commit the same pid stays
on and does not spin.
aggr_us=0 with a positive sample_us is already -EINVAL from the
ordering check.
Thanks,
mm/damon/core.c | 2 ++
mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 644daf5a1656..376c3e2cbe00 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@ int damon_set_attrs(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_attrs *attrs)
return -EINVAL;
if (attrs->min_nr_regions > attrs->max_nr_regions)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!attrs->sample_interval)
+ return -EINVAL;
if (attrs->sample_interval > attrs->aggr_interval)
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
index 4a536d41cdb2..ec8ef71956c8 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
@@ -658,6 +658,19 @@ static void damon_test_set_attrs(struct kunit *test)
invalid_attrs.aggr_interval = 4999;
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_set_attrs(c, &invalid_attrs), -EINVAL);
+ invalid_attrs = valid_attrs;
+ invalid_attrs.sample_interval = 0;
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_set_attrs(c, &invalid_attrs), -EINVAL);
+
+ invalid_attrs = valid_attrs;
+ invalid_attrs.aggr_interval = 0;
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_set_attrs(c, &invalid_attrs), -EINVAL);
+
+ invalid_attrs = valid_attrs;
+ invalid_attrs.sample_interval = 0;
+ invalid_attrs.aggr_interval = 0;
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_set_attrs(c, &invalid_attrs), -EINVAL);
+
damon_destroy_ctx(c);
}
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 15:06 Karthikeyan KS [this message]
2026-09-17 16:09 ` Sang-Heon Jeon
2026-09-17 18:00 ` Karthikeyan KS
2026-09-18 2:38 ` SeongJae Park
2026-09-18 13:13 ` [PATCH v2] mm/damon: document that a zero sample_interval is accepted Karthikeyan KS
2026-09-18 13:35 ` SJ Park
2026-09-18 17:07 ` Karthikeyan KS
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