[PATCH v2] mm/damon: Fix the timer always stays active

From: Hailong Tu
Date: Wed Apr 20 2022 - 18:46:35 EST


The timer stays active even if the reclaim mechanism is never enabled.
It is unnecessary overhead can be completely avoided by using module_param_call() for enabled flag.

Signed-off-by: Hailong Tu <tuhailong@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/reclaim.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
index e34c4d0c4d93..389c4be4f62b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
+++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
* this.
*/
static bool enabled __read_mostly;
-module_param(enabled, bool, 0600);

/*
* Time threshold for cold memory regions identification in microseconds.
@@ -358,11 +357,32 @@ static void damon_reclaim_timer_fn(struct work_struct *work)
enabled = last_enabled;
}

- schedule_delayed_work(&damon_reclaim_timer,
+ if (enabled)
+ schedule_delayed_work(&damon_reclaim_timer,
msecs_to_jiffies(ENABLE_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS));
}
static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(damon_reclaim_timer, damon_reclaim_timer_fn);

+static int enabled_show(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ return sprintf(buffer, "%c\n", enabled ? 'Y' : 'N');
+}
+
+static int enabled_store(const char *val,
+ const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int rc = param_set_bool(val, kp);
+
+ if (rc < 0)
+ return rc;
+
+ if (enabled)
+ schedule_delayed_work(&damon_reclaim_timer, 0);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+module_param_call(enabled, enabled_store, enabled_show, &enabled, 0600);
+
static int damon_reclaim_after_aggregation(struct damon_ctx *c)
{
struct damos *s;
--
2.25.1