[RFC PATCH 4/4] mm/damon/lru_sort: remove unnecessary damon_call() param validation

From: SJ Park

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 23:50:49 EST


DAMON_LRU_SORT 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/lru_sort.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
index bd847829a9907..f25ee7326e87c 100644
--- a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
+++ b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
@@ -346,8 +346,6 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_commit_inputs_fn(void *arg)
return damon_lru_sort_apply_parameters();
}

-static bool damon_lru_sort_damon_has_started;
-
static int damon_lru_sort_commit_inputs_store(const char *val,
const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
@@ -368,10 +366,6 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_commit_inputs_store(const char *val,
if (!commit_inputs_request)
return 0;

- /* Skip damon_call() if ctx has not successfully started. */
- if (!damon_lru_sort_damon_has_started)
- return -EINVAL;
-
err = damon_call(ctx, &control);

return err ? err : control.return_code;
@@ -422,8 +416,6 @@ static int damon_lru_sort_turn(bool on)
err = damon_start(&ctx, 1, true);
if (err)
return err;
- if (!damon_lru_sort_damon_has_started)
- damon_lru_sort_damon_has_started = true;
return damon_call(ctx, &call_control);
}

--
2.47.3