[PATCH 1/2] mm/damon/core: Use only installed probe in damon_merge_two_regions()

From: Suhaas Joshi

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 11:49:35 EST


While merging 2 regions, we iterate over the entire probe_hits[] array,
whose size is determined by the DAMON_MAX_PROBES macro. It is possible,
however, that we have fewer probes installed than DAMON_MAX_PROBES. In such
cases, we end up making redundant iterations. Therefore, to remedy this,
iterate over the list of installed probes instead of iterating over the
entire array. For doing this, start accepting a struct damon_ctx in
damon_merge_two_regions(), and update calling functions to pass this
argument.

Update the damon_test_merge_two() test to use this new signature for
damon_merge_two_regions() as well.

Signed-off-by: Suhaas Joshi <suhaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/core.c | 14 +++++++++-----
mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 733025b36745..a3af5ee685e1 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -3499,20 +3499,24 @@ static void damon_verify_merge_two_regions(
/*
* Merge two adjacent regions into one region
*/
-static void damon_merge_two_regions(struct damon_target *t,
- struct damon_region *l, struct damon_region *r)
+static void damon_merge_two_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_target *t,
+ struct damon_region *l, struct damon_region *r)
{
unsigned long sz_l = damon_sz_region(l), sz_r = damon_sz_region(r);
int i;
+ struct damon_probe *p;

l->nr_accesses = (l->nr_accesses * sz_l + r->nr_accesses * sz_r) /
(sz_l + sz_r);
l->age = (l->age * sz_l + r->age * sz_r) / (sz_l + sz_r);
l->ar.end = r->ar.end;
- /* todo: do this for only installed probes */
- for (i = 0; i < DAMON_MAX_PROBES; i++)
+
+ i = 0;
+ damon_for_each_probe(p, ctx) {
l->probe_hits[i] = (l->probe_hits[i] * sz_l + r->probe_hits[i]
* sz_r) / (sz_l + sz_r);
+ ++i;
+ }
damon_verify_merge_two_regions(l, r);
damon_destroy_region(r, t);
}
@@ -3565,7 +3569,7 @@ static void damon_merge_regions_of(struct damon_target *t, unsigned int thres,
goto set_prev_continue;
if (damon_sz_region(prev) + damon_sz_region(r) > sz_limit)
goto set_prev_continue;
- damon_merge_two_regions(t, prev, r);
+ damon_merge_two_regions(ctx, t, prev, r);
continue;
set_prev_continue:
prev = r;
diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
index df84d9cc7d20..5ad89c1d9fc2 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
@@ -182,13 +182,27 @@ static void damon_test_merge_two(struct kunit *test)
{
struct damon_target *t;
struct damon_region *r, *r2, *r3;
+ struct damon_probe *p;
+ struct damon_ctx *ctx;
int i;

+ p = damon_new_probe();
+ if (!p)
+ kunit_skip(test, "probe alloc fail");
+ ctx = damon_new_ctx();
+ if (!ctx) {
+ damon_destroy_probe(p);
+ kunit_skip(test, "context alloc fail");
+ }
+ damon_add_probe(ctx, p);
t = damon_new_target();
- if (!t)
+ if (!t) {
+ damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
kunit_skip(test, "target alloc fail");
+ }
r = damon_new_region(0, 100);
if (!r) {
+ damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
damon_free_target(t);
kunit_skip(test, "region alloc fail");
}
@@ -206,7 +220,7 @@ static void damon_test_merge_two(struct kunit *test)
r2->age = 21;
damon_add_region(r2, t);

- damon_merge_two_regions(t, r, r2);
+ damon_merge_two_regions(ctx, t, r, r2);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.start, 0ul);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.end, 300ul);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->nr_accesses, 16u);
@@ -220,6 +234,7 @@ static void damon_test_merge_two(struct kunit *test)
}
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, i, 1);

+ damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
damon_free_target(t);
}

--
2.55.0