Re: [PATCH REPOST 5/5] mm/damon/vaddr: support pgidle_unset probe filter type

From: Kunwu Chan

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 06:11:50 EST


On Wed, 9 Sep 2026 07:04:07 -0700 SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> DAMON virtual address space operation set (vaddr) does not support
> pgidle_unset probe filter type. Add the support.
>
> Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/damon/vaddr.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
> index 45239f05e113b..9a38dc89a156e 100644
> --- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
> +++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
> @@ -522,13 +522,49 @@ static void damon_va_prep_probes(struct damon_ctx *ctx, bool set_samples)
> }
> }
>
> -static bool damon_va_filter_pass(struct folio *folio, struct damon_probe *p)
> +static bool damon_va_young_addr(struct folio *folio, pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd,
> + struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
> +{
> + bool young = false;
> +
> + if (pte)
> + young = pte_young(*pte);
> + else if (pmd)
> + young = pmd_young(*pmd);

Hi SJ,
I see that all callers already check pte_present() / pmd_present()
before calling this helper, so I don't see a correctness issue here.

However, the other DAMON young/accessed helpers, such as
damon_pte_young(), damon_hugetlb_young(), and the PMD path in
damon_folio_young_one(), keep the present check together with the
young check.

Would it make sense to keep the same check here for consistency?

Thanks,
Kunwu

> + young = young || !folio_test_idle(folio) ||
> + mmu_notifier_test_young(mm, addr);
> + return young;
> +}
> +
> +static bool damon_va_filter_match(struct damon_filter *filter,
> + struct folio *folio, pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd,
> + struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
> +{
> + bool matched = false;
> +
> + switch (filter->type) {
> + case DAMON_FILTER_TYPE_PGIDLE_UNSET:
> + if (!folio)
> + matched = false;
> + else
> + matched = damon_va_young_addr(folio, pte, pmd, mm,
> + addr);
> + break;
> + default:
> + return damon_ops_filter_match(filter, folio);
> + }
> + return matched == filter->matching;
> +}
> +
> +static bool damon_va_filter_pass(struct folio *folio, struct damon_probe *p,
> + pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long addr)
> {
> struct damon_filter *f;
> bool pass = true;
>
> damon_for_each_filter(f, p) {
> - if (damon_ops_filter_match(f, folio)) {
> + if (damon_va_filter_match(f, folio, pte, pmd, mm, addr)) {
> pass = f->allow;
> break;
> }
> @@ -543,13 +579,15 @@ struct damon_va_probe_walk_private {
> };
>
> static void damon_va_probe_folio(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
> - struct damon_region *r, struct folio *folio)
> + struct damon_region *r, struct folio *folio,
> + pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd, struct mm_struct *mm)
> {
> struct damon_probe *probe;
> int i = 0;
>
> damon_for_each_probe(probe, ctx) {
> - if (damon_va_filter_pass(folio, probe))
> + if (damon_va_filter_pass(folio, probe, pte, pmd, mm,
> + r->sampling_addr))
> r->probe_hits[i]++;
> i++;
> }
> @@ -574,7 +612,8 @@ static int damon_va_probe_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
> folio = vm_normal_folio_pmd(walk->vma, addr, pmde);
> if (!folio)
> goto huge_out;
> - damon_va_probe_folio(priv->ctx, priv->r, folio);
> + damon_va_probe_folio(priv->ctx, priv->r, folio, NULL, &pmde,
> + walk->vma->vm_mm);
>
> huge_out:
> spin_unlock(ptl);
> @@ -591,7 +630,8 @@ static int damon_va_probe_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
> folio = vm_normal_folio(walk->vma, addr, ptent);
> if (!folio)
> goto out;
> - damon_va_probe_folio(priv->ctx, priv->r, folio);
> + damon_va_probe_folio(priv->ctx, priv->r, folio, &ptent, NULL,
> + walk->vma->vm_mm);
>
> out:
> pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
> @@ -615,7 +655,8 @@ static int damon_va_probe_hugetlb_entry(pte_t *pte, unsigned long hmask,
>
> folio = pfn_folio(pte_pfn(entry));
> folio_get(folio);
> - damon_va_probe_folio(priv->ctx, priv->r, folio);
> + damon_va_probe_folio(priv->ctx, priv->r, folio, &entry, NULL,
> + walk->vma->vm_mm);
> folio_put(folio);
>
> out:
> --
> 2.47.3
>

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