[RFC PATCH 3/8] mm/damon/core: return an error from damos_commit_filter_arg()

From: SJ Park

Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 15:18:34 EST


damos_commit_filter_arg() is supposed to always succeed. It may not in
future, for example, if the given filter is invalid. Prepare the case
by modifying its signature to return an error when it failed. Also pipe
the return value to its callers and let them handle the error.

Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/damon/core.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 0c98f7e267d07..3ad1fb2f21f3f 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ static struct damos_filter *damos_nth_ops_filter(int n, struct damos *s)
return NULL;
}

-static void damos_commit_filter_arg(
+static int damos_commit_filter_arg(
struct damos_filter *dst, struct damos_filter *src)
{
switch (dst->type) {
@@ -1340,28 +1340,32 @@ static void damos_commit_filter_arg(
default:
break;
}
+ return 0;
}

-static void damos_commit_filter(
+static int damos_commit_filter(
struct damos_filter *dst, struct damos_filter *src)
{
dst->type = src->type;
dst->matching = src->matching;
dst->allow = src->allow;
- damos_commit_filter_arg(dst, src);
+ return damos_commit_filter_arg(dst, src);
}

static int damos_commit_core_filters(struct damos *dst, struct damos *src)
{
struct damos_filter *dst_filter, *next, *src_filter, *new_filter;
- int i = 0, j = 0;
+ int i = 0, j = 0, err;

damos_for_each_core_filter_safe(dst_filter, next, dst) {
src_filter = damos_nth_core_filter(i++, src);
- if (src_filter)
- damos_commit_filter(dst_filter, src_filter);
- else
+ if (src_filter) {
+ err = damos_commit_filter(dst_filter, src_filter);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ } else {
damos_destroy_filter(dst_filter);
+ }
}

damos_for_each_core_filter_safe(src_filter, next, src) {
--
2.47.3