[RFC PATCH 3/4] mm/damon/reclaim: remove unnecessary damon_call() param validation
From: SJ Park
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 23:50:36 EST
DAMON_RECLAIM avoids passing NULL or unstarted damon_ctx to damon_call()
with its own validation. The validation is no longer needed, because
the DAMON core layer now handles the corner cases itself. Remove the
unnecessary check.
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/reclaim.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
index 45d5557cc575a..42a2c9cb13431 100644
--- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
+++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ static int damon_reclaim_commit_inputs_fn(void *arg)
return damon_reclaim_apply_parameters();
}
-static bool damon_reclaim_damon_has_started;
-
static int damon_reclaim_commit_inputs_store(const char *val,
const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
@@ -293,10 +291,6 @@ static int damon_reclaim_commit_inputs_store(const char *val,
if (!commit_inputs_request)
return 0;
- /* Skip damon_call() if ctx has not successfully started. */
- if (!damon_reclaim_damon_has_started)
- return -EINVAL;
-
err = damon_call(ctx, &control);
return err ? err : control.return_code;
@@ -343,8 +337,6 @@ static int damon_reclaim_turn(bool on)
err = damon_start(&ctx, 1, true);
if (err)
return err;
- if (!damon_reclaim_damon_has_started)
- damon_reclaim_damon_has_started = true;
return damon_call(ctx, &call_control);
}
--
2.47.3