Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/damon/core: add 'struct kdamond' abstraction layer

From: Alex Rusuf
Date: Sun Jun 02 2024 - 12:16:25 EST


Hi SJ,

> Hi Alex,
>
> On Fri, 31 May 2024 15:23:19 +0300 Alex Rusuf <yorha.op@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In current implementation kdamond tracks only 1
> > context, that is kdamond _is_ damon_ctx what makes
> > it very difficult to implement multiple contexts.
> >
> > This patch adds another level of abstraction, that is
> > 'struct kdamond' - structure which represents kdamond itself.
> > It holds references to all contexts organized in list.
> >
> > Few fields like ->kdamond_started and ->kdamond_lock
> > (just ->lock for 'struct kdamond') also has been moved
> > to 'struct kdamond', because they have nothing to do
> > with the context itself, but with the whole kdamond
> > daemon.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Rusuf <yorha.op@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/damon.h | 73 ++++++++---
> > mm/damon/core.c | 249 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> > mm/damon/lru_sort.c | 31 +++--
> > mm/damon/modules-common.c | 36 +++--
> > mm/damon/modules-common.h | 3 +-
> > mm/damon/reclaim.c | 30 +++--
> > mm/damon/sysfs.c | 268 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> > 7 files changed, 463 insertions(+), 227 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
> > index 886d07294..7cb9979a0 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/damon.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/damon.h
> > @@ -568,29 +568,49 @@ struct damon_attrs {
> > unsigned long max_nr_regions;
> > };
> >
> > +/**
> > + * struct kdamond - Represents a background daemon that is responsible
> > + * for executing each context.
> > + *
> > + * @lock: Kdamond's global lock, serializes accesses to any field.
> > + * @self: Kernel thread which is actually being executed.
> > + * @contexts: Head of contexts (&damon_ctx) list.
> > + * @nr_ctxs: Number of contexts being monitored.
> > + *
> > + * Each DAMON's background daemon has this structure. Once
> > + * configured, daemon can be started by calling damon_start().
> > + *
> > + * Monitoring can be explicitly stopped by calling damon_stop(). Once
> > + * daemon is terminated @self is set to NULL, so users can know if
> > + * monitoring is stopped by reading @self pointer. Access to @self
> > + * must also be protected by @lock.
> > + */
> > +struct kdamond {
> > + struct mutex lock;
> > + struct task_struct *self;
>
> I'm not sure if 'self' is a good name. I'd prefer more clear name such as
> 'task', but this is not a strong opinion.
>
> > + struct list_head contexts;
> > + size_t nr_ctxs;
> > +
> > +/* private: */
> > + /* for waiting until the execution of the kdamond_fn is started */
> > + struct completion kdamond_started;
> > +};
> > +
> > /**
> > * struct damon_ctx - Represents a context for each monitoring. This is the
> > * main interface that allows users to set the attributes and get the results
> > * of the monitoring.
> > *
> > * @attrs: Monitoring attributes for accuracy/overhead control.
> > - * @kdamond: Kernel thread who does the monitoring.
> > - * @kdamond_lock: Mutex for the synchronizations with @kdamond.
> > + * @kdamond: Back reference to daemon who is the owner of this context.
>
> Why do we need this?

This is mostly for DebugFS, but I guess this can be removed. This has been
brought to keep compatibility with previous interfaces while introducing
kdamonds abstraction.

>
> > + * @list: List head of siblings.
> > *
> > * For each monitoring context, one kernel thread for the monitoring is
> > * created. The pointer to the thread is stored in @kdamond.
> > *
> > * Once started, the monitoring thread runs until explicitly required to be
> > * terminated or every monitoring target is invalid. The validity of the
> > - * targets is checked via the &damon_operations.target_valid of @ops. The
> > - * termination can also be explicitly requested by calling damon_stop().
> > - * The thread sets @kdamond to NULL when it terminates. Therefore, users can
> > - * know whether the monitoring is ongoing or terminated by reading @kdamond.
> > - * Reads and writes to @kdamond from outside of the monitoring thread must
> > - * be protected by @kdamond_lock.
> > - *
> > - * Note that the monitoring thread protects only @kdamond via @kdamond_lock.
> > - * Accesses to other fields must be protected by themselves.
> > + * targets is checked via the &damon_operations.target_valid of @ops.
> > *
> > * @ops: Set of monitoring operations for given use cases.
> > * @callback: Set of callbacks for monitoring events notifications.
> > @@ -614,12 +634,11 @@ struct damon_ctx {
> > * update
> > */
> > unsigned long next_ops_update_sis;
> > - /* for waiting until the execution of the kdamond_fn is started */
> > - struct completion kdamond_started;
> > + unsigned long sz_limit;
>
> What's this?

I forgot to add comments there, this field is just saved like "next_ops_update_sis",
which is used in kdamond main loop.

>
> >
> > /* public: */
> > - struct task_struct *kdamond;
> > - struct mutex kdamond_lock;
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > + struct list_head list;
> >
> > struct damon_operations ops;
> > struct damon_callback callback;
> > @@ -653,6 +672,15 @@ static inline unsigned long damon_sz_region(struct damon_region *r)
> > return r->ar.end - r->ar.start;
> > }
> >
> > +static inline struct damon_target *damon_first_target(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > + return list_first_entry(&ctx->adaptive_targets, struct damon_target, list);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline struct damon_ctx *damon_first_ctx(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > +{
> > + return list_first_entry(&kdamond->contexts, struct damon_ctx, list);
> > +}
> >
> > #define damon_for_each_region(r, t) \
> > list_for_each_entry(r, &t->regions_list, list)
> > @@ -675,6 +703,12 @@ static inline unsigned long damon_sz_region(struct damon_region *r)
> > #define damon_for_each_scheme_safe(s, next, ctx) \
> > list_for_each_entry_safe(s, next, &(ctx)->schemes, list)
> >
> > +#define damon_for_each_context(c, kdamond) \
> > + list_for_each_entry(c, &(kdamond)->contexts, list)
> > +
> > +#define damon_for_each_context_safe(c, next, kdamond) \
> > + list_for_each_entry_safe(c, next, &(kdamond)->contexts, list)
> > +
> > #define damos_for_each_quota_goal(goal, quota) \
> > list_for_each_entry(goal, &quota->goals, list)
> >
> > @@ -736,7 +770,12 @@ void damon_destroy_target(struct damon_target *t);
> > unsigned int damon_nr_regions(struct damon_target *t);
> >
> > struct damon_ctx *damon_new_ctx(void);
> > +void damon_add_ctx(struct kdamond *kdamond, struct damon_ctx *ctx);
> > +struct kdamond *damon_new_kdamond(void);
> > void damon_destroy_ctx(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
> > +void damon_destroy_ctxs(struct kdamond *kdamond);
>
> Why do we need this? Wouldn't damon_destroy_kdamond() do that?

You're right, looks like only damon_destroy_kdamond() uses this
function, will be embeded, thank you!

>
> > +void damon_destroy_kdamond(struct kdamond *kdamond);
> > +bool damon_kdamond_running(struct kdamond *kdamond);
>
> Let's put kdamond control functions outside of functions for damon_ctx control,
> like we do for damon_target and damon_ctx.

Yeah, I didn't notice this, thank you!

>
> > int damon_set_attrs(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_attrs *attrs);
> > void damon_set_schemes(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
> > struct damos **schemes, ssize_t nr_schemes);
> > @@ -758,8 +797,8 @@ static inline unsigned int damon_max_nr_accesses(const struct damon_attrs *attrs
> > }
> >
> >
> > -int damon_start(struct damon_ctx **ctxs, int nr_ctxs, bool exclusive);
> > -int damon_stop(struct damon_ctx **ctxs, int nr_ctxs);
> > +int damon_start(struct kdamond *kdamond, bool exclusive);
> > +int damon_stop(struct kdamond *kdamond);
> >
> > int damon_set_region_biggest_system_ram_default(struct damon_target *t,
> > unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end);
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
> > index 6d503c1c1..cfc9c803d 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/core.c
> > +++ b/mm/damon/core.c
> > @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
> > #endif
> >
> > static DEFINE_MUTEX(damon_lock);
> > -static int nr_running_ctxs;
> > +static int nr_running_kdamonds;
> > static bool running_exclusive_ctxs;
> >
> > static DEFINE_MUTEX(damon_ops_lock);
> > @@ -488,8 +488,6 @@ struct damon_ctx *damon_new_ctx(void)
> > if (!ctx)
> > return NULL;
> >
> > - init_completion(&ctx->kdamond_started);
> > -
> > ctx->attrs.sample_interval = 5 * 1000;
> > ctx->attrs.aggr_interval = 100 * 1000;
> > ctx->attrs.ops_update_interval = 60 * 1000 * 1000;
> > @@ -499,17 +497,41 @@ struct damon_ctx *damon_new_ctx(void)
> > ctx->next_aggregation_sis = 0;
> > ctx->next_ops_update_sis = 0;
> >
> > - mutex_init(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > -
> > ctx->attrs.min_nr_regions = 10;
> > ctx->attrs.max_nr_regions = 1000;
> >
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->adaptive_targets);
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->schemes);
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->list);
> >
> > return ctx;
> > }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * Adds newly allocated and configured @ctx to @kdamond.
>
> There's no guarantee if @ctx is newly allocated and configured. We can simply
> say "Adds a DAMON context to a given DAMON thread".
>
> And this may cause kerneldoc compilation warning. I think the format should be
> fixed, and parameters should be commented.

True, I'll fix that, thank you!

>
> > + */
> > +void damon_add_ctx(struct kdamond *kdamond, struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > + list_add_tail(&ctx->list, &kdamond->contexts);
> > + ++kdamond->nr_ctxs;
> > +}
> > +
> > +struct kdamond *damon_new_kdamond(void)
> > +{
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > +
> > + kdamond = kzalloc(sizeof(*kdamond), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!kdamond)
> > + return NULL;
> > +
> > + init_completion(&kdamond->kdamond_started);
> > + mutex_init(&kdamond->lock);
> > +
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kdamond->contexts);
>
> Among the four fields of the struct, three are manually set here, and the final
> one is set as zero by 'kzalloc()'. I'd prefer using 'kmalloc()' and manually
> set all fields.

No problem, I'll change this, thank you!

>
> > +
> > + return kdamond;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void damon_destroy_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > {
> > struct damon_target *t, *next_t;
> > @@ -523,6 +545,11 @@ static void damon_destroy_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > damon_destroy_target(t);
> > }
> >
> > +static inline void damon_del_ctx(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > + list_del(&ctx->list);
> > +}
> > +
> > void damon_destroy_ctx(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > {
> > struct damos *s, *next_s;
> > @@ -532,9 +559,27 @@ void damon_destroy_ctx(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > damon_for_each_scheme_safe(s, next_s, ctx)
> > damon_destroy_scheme(s);
> >
> > + damon_del_ctx(ctx);
> > kfree(ctx);
> > }
> >
> > +void damon_destroy_ctxs(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > +{
> > + struct damon_ctx *c, *next;
> > +
> > + damon_for_each_context_safe(c, next, kdamond) {
> > + damon_destroy_ctx(c);
> > + --kdamond->nr_ctxs;
> > + }
> > +}
>
> Is there explicit user of this function? If not, I'd prefer making this
> 'static', or simply embed in damon_destroy_kdamond() below.

As I mentioned above there's no explicit users, so I'll embed it
into damon_destroy_kdamond().

>
> > +
> > +void damon_destroy_kdamond(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > +{
> > + damon_destroy_ctxs(kdamond);
> > + mutex_destroy(&kdamond->lock);
> > + kfree(kdamond);
> > +}
> > +
> > static unsigned int damon_age_for_new_attrs(unsigned int age,
> > struct damon_attrs *old_attrs, struct damon_attrs *new_attrs)
> > {
> > @@ -667,13 +712,27 @@ void damon_set_schemes(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damos **schemes,
> > */
> > int damon_nr_running_ctxs(void)
> > {
> > - int nr_ctxs;
> > + int nr_kdamonds;
> >
> > mutex_lock(&damon_lock);
> > - nr_ctxs = nr_running_ctxs;
> > + nr_kdamonds = nr_running_kdamonds;
> > mutex_unlock(&damon_lock);
> >
> > - return nr_ctxs;
> > + return nr_kdamonds;
>
> Shouldn't we change the name of this function, too?

Yeah, this makes sense, thank you!

>
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * damon_kdamond_running() - Return true if kdamond is running
> > + * false otherwise.
> > + */
> > +bool damon_kdamond_running(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > +{
> > + bool running;
> > +
> > + mutex_lock(&kdamond->lock);
> > + running = kdamond->self != NULL;
> > + mutex_unlock(&kdamond->lock);
> > + return running;
> > }
>
> Seems this function is used by only DAMON sysfs interface. Don't implement
> unnecessary public function. Implement it in mm/damon/sysfs.c please.

DebugFS interface also uses this.

>
> >
> > /* Returns the size upper limit for each monitoring region */
> > @@ -700,38 +759,37 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data);
> >
> > /*
> > * __damon_start() - Starts monitoring with given context.
>
> s/context/kdamond/? Maybe we can simply say "starts given kdamond".

You're right, thank you!

>
> > - * @ctx: monitoring context
> > + * @kdamond: daemon to be started
> > *
> > * This function should be called while damon_lock is hold.
> > *
> > * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> > */
> > -static int __damon_start(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +static int __damon_start(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > {
> > int err = -EBUSY;
> >
> > - mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > - if (!ctx->kdamond) {
> > + mutex_lock(&kdamond->lock);
> > + if (!kdamond->self) {
> > err = 0;
> > - reinit_completion(&ctx->kdamond_started);
> > - ctx->kdamond = kthread_run(kdamond_fn, ctx, "kdamond.%d",
> > - nr_running_ctxs);
> > - if (IS_ERR(ctx->kdamond)) {
> > - err = PTR_ERR(ctx->kdamond);
> > - ctx->kdamond = NULL;
> > + reinit_completion(&kdamond->kdamond_started);
> > + kdamond->self = kthread_run(kdamond_fn, kdamond, "kdamond.%d",
> > + nr_running_kdamonds);
> > + if (IS_ERR(kdamond->self)) {
> > + err = PTR_ERR(kdamond->self);
> > + kdamond->self = NULL;
> > } else {
> > - wait_for_completion(&ctx->kdamond_started);
> > + wait_for_completion(&kdamond->kdamond_started);
> > }
> > }
> > - mutex_unlock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > + mutex_unlock(&kdamond->lock);
> >
> > return err;
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > * damon_start() - Starts the monitorings for a given group of contexts.
> > - * @ctxs: an array of the pointers for contexts to start monitoring
> > - * @nr_ctxs: size of @ctxs
> > + * @kdamond: a daemon that contains list of monitoring contexts
> > * @exclusive: exclusiveness of this contexts group
> > *
> > * This function starts a group of monitoring threads for a group of monitoring
> > @@ -743,74 +801,59 @@ static int __damon_start(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > *
> > * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> > */
> > -int damon_start(struct damon_ctx **ctxs, int nr_ctxs, bool exclusive)
> > +int damon_start(struct kdamond *kdamond, bool exclusive)
> > {
> > - int i;
> > int err = 0;
> >
> > + BUG_ON(!kdamond);
> > + BUG_ON(!kdamond->nr_ctxs);
>
> checkpatch complains as below.
>
> WARNING: Do not crash the kernel unless it is absolutely unavoidable--use WARN_ON_ONCE() plus recovery code (if feasible) instead of BUG() or variants
> #432: FILE: mm/damon/core.c:809:
> + BUG_ON(!kdamond->nr_ctxs);
>
> I don't think we really need above BUG_ON() checks.

Actually we can just return an error here. I guess I did this
for better debugging, so it can be removed.

>
> > +
> > + if (kdamond->nr_ctxs != 1)
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> Why do we need this? To avoid DAMON sysfs interface change? I think
> mm/damon/sysfs.c does this check on its own, so this may not needed?

You're right, I didn't notice this, thank you!

>
> > +
> > mutex_lock(&damon_lock);
> > - if ((exclusive && nr_running_ctxs) ||
> > + if ((exclusive && nr_running_kdamonds) ||
> > (!exclusive && running_exclusive_ctxs)) {
> > mutex_unlock(&damon_lock);
> > return -EBUSY;
> > }
> >
> > - for (i = 0; i < nr_ctxs; i++) {
> > - err = __damon_start(ctxs[i]);
> > - if (err)
> > - break;
> > - nr_running_ctxs++;
> > - }
> > - if (exclusive && nr_running_ctxs)
> > + err = __damon_start(kdamond);
> > + if (err)
> > + return err;
> > + nr_running_kdamonds++;
> > +
> > + if (exclusive && nr_running_kdamonds)
> > running_exclusive_ctxs = true;
> > mutex_unlock(&damon_lock);
> >
> > return err;
> > }
> >
> > -/*
> > - * __damon_stop() - Stops monitoring of a given context.
> > - * @ctx: monitoring context
> > +/**
> > + * damon_stop() - Stops the monitorings for a given group of contexts.
>
> Let's simply say "Stops a given DAMON thread"
>
> > + * @kdamond: a daemon (that contains list of monitoring contexts)
> > + * to be stopped.
> > *
> > * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> > */
> > -static int __damon_stop(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +int damon_stop(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > {
> > struct task_struct *tsk;
> >
> > - mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > - tsk = ctx->kdamond;
> > + mutex_lock(&kdamond->lock);
> > + tsk = kdamond->self;
> > if (tsk) {
> > get_task_struct(tsk);
> > - mutex_unlock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > + mutex_unlock(&kdamond->lock);
> > kthread_stop_put(tsk);
> > return 0;
> > }
> > - mutex_unlock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > + mutex_unlock(&kdamond->lock);
> >
> > return -EPERM;
> > }
> >
> > -/**
> > - * damon_stop() - Stops the monitorings for a given group of contexts.
> > - * @ctxs: an array of the pointers for contexts to stop monitoring
> > - * @nr_ctxs: size of @ctxs
> > - *
> > - * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> > - */
> > -int damon_stop(struct damon_ctx **ctxs, int nr_ctxs)
> > -{
> > - int i, err = 0;
> > -
> > - for (i = 0; i < nr_ctxs; i++) {
> > - /* nr_running_ctxs is decremented in kdamond_fn */
> > - err = __damon_stop(ctxs[i]);
> > - if (err)
> > - break;
> > - }
> > - return err;
> > -}
> > -
> > /*
> > * Reset the aggregated monitoring results ('nr_accesses' of each region).
> > */
> > @@ -1582,29 +1625,68 @@ static void kdamond_init_intervals_sis(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +static bool kdamond_init_ctx(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > + if (ctx->ops.init)
> > + ctx->ops.init(ctx);
> > + if (ctx->callback.before_start && ctx->callback.before_start(ctx))
> > + return false;
> > +
> > + kdamond_init_intervals_sis(ctx);
> > + ctx->sz_limit = damon_region_sz_limit(ctx);
> > +
> > + return true;
> > +}
>
> I think 'int' return type for error code is better. We can just return
> before_start() return value in case of error, otherwise zero.

That's true, before_start() also returns 'int', so this looks better,
thanks!

>
> > +
> > +static bool kdamond_init_ctxs(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > +{
> > + struct damon_ctx *c;
> > +
> > + damon_for_each_context(c, kdamond)
> > + if (!kdamond_init_ctx(c))
> > + return false;
> > + return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void kdamond_finish_ctx(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > + struct damon_target *t;
> > + struct damon_region *r, *next;
> > +
> > + damon_for_each_target(t, ctx) {
> > + damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t)
> > + damon_destroy_region(r, t);
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (ctx->callback.before_terminate)
> > + ctx->callback.before_terminate(ctx);
> > + if (ctx->ops.cleanup)
> > + ctx->ops.cleanup(ctx);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void kdamond_finish_ctxs(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > +{
> > + struct damon_ctx *c;
> > +
> > + damon_for_each_context(c, kdamond)
> > + kdamond_finish_ctx(c);
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > * The monitoring daemon that runs as a kernel thread
> > */
> > static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
> > {
> > - struct damon_ctx *ctx = data;
> > - struct damon_target *t;
> > - struct damon_region *r, *next;
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond = data;
> > + struct damon_ctx *ctx = damon_first_ctx(kdamond);
> > unsigned int max_nr_accesses = 0;
> > - unsigned long sz_limit = 0;
> >
> > pr_debug("kdamond (%d) starts\n", current->pid);
> >
> > - complete(&ctx->kdamond_started);
> > - kdamond_init_intervals_sis(ctx);
> > -
> > - if (ctx->ops.init)
> > - ctx->ops.init(ctx);
> > - if (ctx->callback.before_start && ctx->callback.before_start(ctx))
> > + complete(&kdamond->kdamond_started);
> > + if (!kdamond_init_ctxs(kdamond))
> > goto done;
> >
> > - sz_limit = damon_region_sz_limit(ctx);
> > -
> > while (!kdamond_need_stop(ctx)) {
> > /*
> > * ctx->attrs and ctx->next_{aggregation,ops_update}_sis could
> > @@ -1616,6 +1698,7 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
> > unsigned long next_aggregation_sis = ctx->next_aggregation_sis;
> > unsigned long next_ops_update_sis = ctx->next_ops_update_sis;
> > unsigned long sample_interval = ctx->attrs.sample_interval;
> > + unsigned long sz_limit = ctx->sz_limit;
> >
> > if (kdamond_wait_activation(ctx))
> > break;
> > @@ -1666,28 +1749,20 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
> > sample_interval;
> > if (ctx->ops.update)
> > ctx->ops.update(ctx);
> > - sz_limit = damon_region_sz_limit(ctx);
> > + ctx->sz_limit = damon_region_sz_limit(ctx);
> > }
> > }
> > done:
> > - damon_for_each_target(t, ctx) {
> > - damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t)
> > - damon_destroy_region(r, t);
> > - }
> > -
> > - if (ctx->callback.before_terminate)
> > - ctx->callback.before_terminate(ctx);
> > - if (ctx->ops.cleanup)
> > - ctx->ops.cleanup(ctx);
> > + kdamond_finish_ctxs(kdamond);
> >
> > pr_debug("kdamond (%d) finishes\n", current->pid);
> > - mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > - ctx->kdamond = NULL;
> > - mutex_unlock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > + mutex_lock(&kdamond->lock);
> > + kdamond->self = NULL;
> > + mutex_unlock(&kdamond->lock);
> >
> > mutex_lock(&damon_lock);
> > - nr_running_ctxs--;
> > - if (!nr_running_ctxs && running_exclusive_ctxs)
> > + nr_running_kdamonds--;
> > + if (!nr_running_kdamonds && running_exclusive_ctxs)
> > running_exclusive_ctxs = false;
> > mutex_unlock(&damon_lock);
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
> > index 3de2916a6..76c20098a 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
> > +++ b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
> > @@ -142,8 +142,18 @@ static struct damos_access_pattern damon_lru_sort_stub_pattern = {
> > .max_age_region = UINT_MAX,
> > };
> >
> > -static struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> > -static struct damon_target *target;
> > +static struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > +
> > +static inline struct damon_ctx *damon_lru_sort_ctx(void)
> > +{
> > + return damon_first_ctx(kdamond);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline struct damon_target *damon_lru_sort_target(void)
> > +{
> > + return damon_first_target(
> > + damon_lru_sort_ctx());
> > +}
>
> Do we really need above two functions? Can't we simply add 'kdamond' global
> variable but still uses 'ctx' and 'target' as before, except interface changed
> function calls?

We can, I just tried to use 'readable' interface, I thought
that using raw pointers from kdamond will be less readable.

>
> >
> > static struct damos *damon_lru_sort_new_scheme(
> > struct damos_access_pattern *pattern, enum damos_action action)
> > @@ -201,6 +211,7 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_apply_parameters(void)
> > struct damos *scheme, *hot_scheme, *cold_scheme;
> > struct damos *old_hot_scheme = NULL, *old_cold_scheme = NULL;
> > unsigned int hot_thres, cold_thres;
> > + struct damon_ctx *ctx = damon_lru_sort_ctx();
> > int err = 0;
> >
> > err = damon_set_attrs(ctx, &damon_lru_sort_mon_attrs);
> > @@ -237,7 +248,8 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_apply_parameters(void)
> > damon_set_schemes(ctx, &hot_scheme, 1);
> > damon_add_scheme(ctx, cold_scheme);
> >
> > - return damon_set_region_biggest_system_ram_default(target,
> > + return damon_set_region_biggest_system_ram_default(
> > + damon_lru_sort_target(),
> > &monitor_region_start,
> > &monitor_region_end);
> > }
> > @@ -247,7 +259,7 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_turn(bool on)
> > int err;
> >
> > if (!on) {
> > - err = damon_stop(&ctx, 1);
> > + err = damon_stop(kdamond);
> > if (!err)
> > kdamond_pid = -1;
> > return err;
> > @@ -257,10 +269,11 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_turn(bool on)
> > if (err)
> > return err;
> >
> > - err = damon_start(&ctx, 1, true);
> > + err = damon_start(kdamond, true);
> > if (err)
> > return err;
> > - kdamond_pid = ctx->kdamond->pid;
> > +
> > + kdamond_pid = kdamond->self->pid;
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -279,7 +292,7 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_enabled_store(const char *val,
> > return 0;
> >
> > /* Called before init function. The function will handle this. */
> > - if (!ctx)
> > + if (!kdamond)
> > goto set_param_out;
> >
> > err = damon_lru_sort_turn(enable);
> > @@ -334,11 +347,13 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_after_wmarks_check(struct damon_ctx *c)
> >
> > static int __init damon_lru_sort_init(void)
> > {
> > - int err = damon_modules_new_paddr_ctx_target(&ctx, &target);
> > + struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> > + int err = damon_modules_new_paddr_kdamond(&kdamond);
>
> I think we can allocate kdamond struct and set ctx/target here, and remove
> unnecessary functions and changes.

I see, will change that, thank you!

>
> >
> > if (err)
> > return err;
> >
> > + ctx = damon_lru_sort_ctx();
> > ctx->callback.after_wmarks_check = damon_lru_sort_after_wmarks_check;
> > ctx->callback.after_aggregation = damon_lru_sort_after_aggregation;
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/modules-common.c b/mm/damon/modules-common.c
> > index 7cf96574c..436bb7948 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/modules-common.c
> > +++ b/mm/damon/modules-common.c
> > @@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
> >
> > #include "modules-common.h"
> >
> > -/*
> > - * Allocate, set, and return a DAMON context for the physical address space.
> > - * @ctxp: Pointer to save the point to the newly created context
> > - * @targetp: Pointer to save the point to the newly created target
> > - */
> > -int damon_modules_new_paddr_ctx_target(struct damon_ctx **ctxp,
> > - struct damon_target **targetp)
> > +static int __damon_modules_new_paddr_kdamond(struct kdamond *kdamond)
> > {
> > struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> > struct damon_target *target;
> > @@ -34,9 +28,33 @@ int damon_modules_new_paddr_ctx_target(struct damon_ctx **ctxp,
> > damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > }
> > +
> > damon_add_target(ctx, target);
> > + damon_add_ctx(kdamond, ctx);
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Allocate, set, and return a DAMON daemon for the physical address space.
> > + * @kdamondp: Pointer to save the point to the newly created kdamond
> > + */
> > +int damon_modules_new_paddr_kdamond(struct kdamond **kdamondp)
> > +{
> > + int err;
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > +
> > + kdamond = damon_new_kdamond();
> > + if (!kdamond)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + err = __damon_modules_new_paddr_kdamond(kdamond);
> > + if (err) {
> > + damon_destroy_kdamond(kdamond);
> > + return err;
> > + }
> > + kdamond->nr_ctxs = 1;
> >
> > - *ctxp = ctx;
> > - *targetp = target;
> > + *kdamondp = kdamond;
> > return 0;
> > }
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/modules-common.h b/mm/damon/modules-common.h
> > index f49cdb417..5fc5b8ae3 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/modules-common.h
> > +++ b/mm/damon/modules-common.h
> > @@ -45,5 +45,4 @@
> > module_param_named(nr_##qt_exceed_name, stat.qt_exceeds, ulong, \
> > 0400);
> >
> > -int damon_modules_new_paddr_ctx_target(struct damon_ctx **ctxp,
> > - struct damon_target **targetp);
> > +int damon_modules_new_paddr_kdamond(struct kdamond **kdamondp);
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
> > index 9bd341d62..f6540ef1a 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
> > +++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
> > @@ -150,8 +150,18 @@ static struct damos_stat damon_reclaim_stat;
> > DEFINE_DAMON_MODULES_DAMOS_STATS_PARAMS(damon_reclaim_stat,
> > reclaim_tried_regions, reclaimed_regions, quota_exceeds);
> >
> > -static struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> > -static struct damon_target *target;
> > +static struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > +
> > +static inline struct damon_ctx *damon_reclaim_ctx(void)
> > +{
> > + return damon_first_ctx(kdamond);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline struct damon_target *damon_reclaim_target(void)
> > +{
> > + return damon_first_target(
> > + damon_reclaim_ctx());
> > +}
>
> Ditto.
>
> >
> > static struct damos *damon_reclaim_new_scheme(void)
> > {
> > @@ -197,6 +207,7 @@ static int damon_reclaim_apply_parameters(void)
> > struct damos *scheme, *old_scheme;
> > struct damos_quota_goal *goal;
> > struct damos_filter *filter;
> > + struct damon_ctx *ctx = damon_reclaim_ctx();
> > int err = 0;
> >
> > err = damon_set_attrs(ctx, &damon_reclaim_mon_attrs);
> > @@ -244,7 +255,8 @@ static int damon_reclaim_apply_parameters(void)
> > }
> > damon_set_schemes(ctx, &scheme, 1);
> >
> > - return damon_set_region_biggest_system_ram_default(target,
> > + return damon_set_region_biggest_system_ram_default(
> > + damon_reclaim_target(),
> > &monitor_region_start,
> > &monitor_region_end);
> > }
> > @@ -254,7 +266,7 @@ static int damon_reclaim_turn(bool on)
> > int err;
> >
> > if (!on) {
> > - err = damon_stop(&ctx, 1);
> > + err = damon_stop(kdamond);
> > if (!err)
> > kdamond_pid = -1;
> > return err;
> > @@ -264,10 +276,10 @@ static int damon_reclaim_turn(bool on)
> > if (err)
> > return err;
> >
> > - err = damon_start(&ctx, 1, true);
> > + err = damon_start(kdamond, true);
> > if (err)
> > return err;
> > - kdamond_pid = ctx->kdamond->pid;
> > + kdamond_pid = kdamond->self->pid;
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -286,7 +298,7 @@ static int damon_reclaim_enabled_store(const char *val,
> > return 0;
> >
> > /* Called before init function. The function will handle this. */
> > - if (!ctx)
> > + if (!kdamond)
> > goto set_param_out;
> >
> > err = damon_reclaim_turn(enable);
> > @@ -337,11 +349,13 @@ static int damon_reclaim_after_wmarks_check(struct damon_ctx *c)
> >
> > static int __init damon_reclaim_init(void)
> > {
> > - int err = damon_modules_new_paddr_ctx_target(&ctx, &target);
> > + struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> > + int err = damon_modules_new_paddr_kdamond(&kdamond);
> >
> > if (err)
> > return err;
> >
> > + ctx = damon_reclaim_ctx();
> > ctx->callback.after_wmarks_check = damon_reclaim_after_wmarks_check;
> > ctx->callback.after_aggregation = damon_reclaim_after_aggregation;
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
> > index 6fee383bc..bfdb979e6 100644
> > --- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
> > +++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
>
> Ditto. Many of below changes could be separated into another patch in my
> opinion.
>
> > @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static const struct kobj_type damon_sysfs_contexts_ktype = {
> > struct damon_sysfs_kdamond {
> > struct kobject kobj;
> > struct damon_sysfs_contexts *contexts;
> > - struct damon_ctx *damon_ctx;
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > };
> >
> > static struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *damon_sysfs_kdamond_alloc(void)
> > @@ -974,16 +974,6 @@ static void damon_sysfs_kdamond_rm_dirs(struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *kdamond)
> > kobject_put(&kdamond->contexts->kobj);
> > }
> >
> > -static bool damon_sysfs_ctx_running(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > -{
> > - bool running;
> > -
> > - mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > - running = ctx->kdamond != NULL;
> > - mutex_unlock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
> > - return running;
> > -}
>
> Don't add replacement of this in mm/damon/core.c. Modify this here.

DebugFS also uses this.

>
> > -
> > /*
> > * enum damon_sysfs_cmd - Commands for a specific kdamond.
> > */
> > @@ -1065,15 +1055,15 @@ static struct damon_sysfs_cmd_request damon_sysfs_cmd_request;
> > static ssize_t state_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
> > char *buf)
> > {
> > - struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *kdamond = container_of(kobj,
> > + struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *sys_kdamond = container_of(kobj,
> > struct damon_sysfs_kdamond, kobj);
>
> This makes reviewing bit difficult. Let's keep current name for now.
>
> > - struct damon_ctx *ctx = kdamond->damon_ctx;
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond = sys_kdamond->kdamond;
>
> Keep 'kdamond' variable name as is, and use shorter name for this variable,
> say, kd, or do kdamond->kdamond.

It usually makes reading code difficult, these are two different abstraction of
kdamond, but the name will almost be the same, I don't think this is a good idea.

>
> > bool running;
> >
> > - if (!ctx)
> > + if (!kdamond)
>
> "if (!kd)" or "if (!kdamond->kdamond)"

And this is an example, I can't say which one belong to sysfs's abstraction
and which represents core's kdamond. With "sys_" prefix or "sysfs_" sometimes,
it is much easier to read.

>
> > running = false;
> > else
> > - running = damon_sysfs_ctx_running(ctx);
> > + running = damon_kdamond_running(kdamond);
> >
> > return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", running ?
> > damon_sysfs_cmd_strs[DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_ON] :
> > @@ -1242,13 +1232,15 @@ static bool damon_sysfs_schemes_regions_updating;
> > static void damon_sysfs_before_terminate(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> > {
> > struct damon_target *t, *next;
> > - struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *kdamond;
> > + struct damon_sysfs_kdamond *sys_kdamond;
> > + struct kdamond *kdamond;
> > enum damon_sysfs_cmd cmd;
> >
> > /* damon_sysfs_schemes_update_regions_stop() might not yet called */
> > - kdamond = damon_sysfs_cmd_request.kdamond;
> > + kdamond = ctx->kdamond;
> > + sys_kdamond = damon_sysfs_cmd_request.kdamond;
> > cmd = damon_sysfs_cmd_request.cmd;
> > - if (kdamond && ctx == kdamond->damon_ctx &&
> > + if (sys_kdamond && kdamond == sys_kdamond->kdamond &&
> > (cmd == DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_UPDATE_SCHEMES_TRIED_REGIONS ||
> > cmd == DAMON_SYSFS_CMD_UPDATE_SCHEMES_TRIED_BYTES) &&
> > damon_sysfs_schemes_regions_updating) {
>
> Again, changed names makes me reviewing difficult.
>
> >From this point, I think below changes could be significantly changed in next
> version of this patchset if you agree to above comments. So I'm stop reviewing
> this patch from here for now. Please let me know if you have different opinion
> about it.

Thank you very much for your comments, I really appreciate that you spent time to
review this. I'll try to improve the patch-set in next versions!

>
>
> Thanks,
> SJ
>
> [...]

BR,
Alex