[PATCH 2/2] mm/damon/core: Copy only installed probe in damon_split_region_at()

From: Liew Rui Yan

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 06:47:50 EST


On Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:18:46 +0530 Suhaas Joshi <suhaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In damon_split_region_at(), we copy the entire probe_hits[] and
> last_probe_hits[] arrays of DAMON_MAX_PROBES size. However it is possible
> that the number of probes installed is less than DAMON_MAX_PROBES, in which
> case one or more iterations is/are redundant. To remedy this, iterate over
> only as many times as the number of installed probes. To do so, accept a
> struct damon_ctx pointer in damon_split_region_at(), and update all
> invocations of the function to pass the new argument.
>
> Also update damon_test_split_at() and damos_test_filter_out() in
> core-kunit.h to supply a context to function paths that call
> damon_split_region_at().
>
> Signed-off-by: Suhaas Joshi <suhaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/damon/core.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++---------------
> mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
> index a3af5ee685e1..025df4d19e20 100644
> --- a/mm/damon/core.c
> +++ b/mm/damon/core.c
> @@ -2049,8 +2049,8 @@ static unsigned long damon_region_sz_limit(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> return sz;
> }
>
> -static int damon_split_region_at(struct damon_target *t,
> - struct damon_region *r, unsigned long sz_r);
> +static int damon_split_region_at(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_target *t,
> + struct damon_region *r, unsigned long sz_r);
>
> /*
> * damon_apply_min_nr_regions() - Make effect of min_nr_regions parameter.
> @@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ static unsigned long damon_apply_min_nr_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
> damon_for_each_target(t, ctx) {
> damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next, t) {
> while (damon_sz_region(r) > max_region_sz) {
> - if (damon_split_region_at(t, r, max_region_sz))
> + if (damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, max_region_sz))
> goto out;
> r = damon_next_region(r);
> }
> @@ -2494,9 +2494,9 @@ static bool damos_valid_target(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damon_region *r,
> *
> * Return: true if the region should be skipped, false otherwise.
> */
> -static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
> - struct damon_region *r, struct damos *s,
> - unsigned long min_region_sz)
> +static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_target *t,
> + struct damon_region *r, struct damos *s,
> + unsigned long min_region_sz)
> {
> struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
> unsigned long sz_to_skip;
> @@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ static bool damos_skip_charged_region(struct damon_target *t,
> }
> sz_to_skip = min_region_sz;
> }
> - damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_to_skip);
> + damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, sz_to_skip);
> skip = true;
> }
> }
> @@ -2581,12 +2581,12 @@ static bool damos_filter_match(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_target *t,
> }
> /* start before the range and overlap */
> if (r->ar.start < start) {
> - damon_split_region_at(t, r, start - r->ar.start);
> + damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, start - r->ar.start);
> matched = false;
> break;
> }
> /* start inside the range */
> - damon_split_region_at(t, r, end - r->ar.start);
> + damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, end - r->ar.start);
> matched = true;
> break;
> case DAMOS_FILTER_TYPE_PROBE_HITS_WSUM:
> @@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ static void damos_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damon_target *t,
> c->min_region_sz);
> if (!sz)
> goto update_stat;
> - if (damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz))
> + if (damon_split_region_at(c, t, r, sz))
> goto update_stat;
> }
> if (damos_core_filter_out(c, t, r, s))
> @@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ static void damon_do_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c,
> if (damos_quota_is_full(quota, c->min_region_sz))
> continue;
>
> - if (damos_skip_charged_region(t, r, s, c->min_region_sz))
> + if (damos_skip_charged_region(c, t, r, s, c->min_region_sz))
> continue;
>
> if (s->max_nr_snapshots &&
> @@ -3643,10 +3643,12 @@ static void damon_verify_split_region_at(struct damon_region *r,
> *
> * Return: 0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> */
> -static int damon_split_region_at(struct damon_target *t,
> - struct damon_region *r, unsigned long sz_r)
> +static int damon_split_region_at(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_target *t,
> + struct damon_region *r, unsigned long sz_r)
> {
> struct damon_region *new;
> + struct damon_probe *p;
> + int i;
>
> damon_verify_split_region_at(r, sz_r);
> new = damon_new_region(r->ar.start + sz_r, r->ar.end);
> @@ -3658,11 +3660,13 @@ static int damon_split_region_at(struct damon_target *t,
> new->age = r->age;
> new->last_nr_accesses = r->last_nr_accesses;
> new->nr_accesses = r->nr_accesses;
> - /* todo: do this for only installed probes */
> - memcpy(new->probe_hits, r->probe_hits, sizeof(r->probe_hits));
> - memcpy(new->last_probe_hits, r->last_probe_hits,
> - sizeof(r->last_probe_hits));
>
> + i = 0;
> + damon_for_each_probe(p, ctx) {
> + new->probe_hits[i] = r->probe_hits[i];
> + new->last_probe_hits[i] = r->last_probe_hits[i];
> + ++i;
> + }
> damon_insert_region(new, r, damon_next_region(r), t);
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -3691,7 +3695,7 @@ static void damon_split_regions_of(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
> if (sz_sub == 0 || sz_sub >= sz_region)
> continue;
>
> - damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_sub);
> + damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, sz_sub);
> sz_region = sz_sub;
> }
> }
> @@ -3723,7 +3727,7 @@ static void damon_split_some_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
> if (sz_sub == 0 || sz_sub >= sz_region)
> continue;
>
> - damon_split_region_at(t, r, sz_sub);
> + damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, sz_sub);
> }
> }
> }
> diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
> index 5ad89c1d9fc2..e02604c7e0bc 100644
> --- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
> +++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
> @@ -141,12 +141,26 @@ static void damon_test_split_at(struct kunit *test)
> {
> struct damon_target *t;
> struct damon_region *r, *r_new;
> + struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> + struct damon_probe *p;
>
> + 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");
> }
> @@ -156,7 +170,7 @@ static void damon_test_split_at(struct kunit *test)
> r->last_probe_hits[0] = 3;
> r->age = 10;
> damon_add_region(r, t);
> - damon_split_region_at(t, r, 25);
> + damon_split_region_at(ctx, t, r, 25);
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_nr_regions(t), 2);
> if (damon_nr_regions(t) != 2)
> goto out;
> @@ -176,6 +190,7 @@ static void damon_test_split_at(struct kunit *test)
>
> out:
> damon_free_target(t);
> + damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
> }
>
> static void damon_test_merge_two(struct kunit *test)
> @@ -1648,19 +1663,35 @@ static void damos_test_filter_out(struct kunit *test)
> struct damon_target *t;
> struct damon_region *r, *r2;
> struct damos_filter *f;
> + struct damon_ctx *ctx;
> + struct damon_probe *p;
> +
> + 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);
>
> f = damos_new_filter(DAMOS_FILTER_TYPE_ADDR, true, false);
> - if (!f)
> + if (!f) {
> + damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
> kunit_skip(test, "filter alloc fail");
> + }
> f->addr_range = (struct damon_addr_range){.start = 2, .end = 6};
>
> t = damon_new_target();
> if (!t) {
> + damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
> damos_destroy_filter(f);
> kunit_skip(test, "target alloc fail");
> }
> r = damon_new_region(3, 5);
> if (!r) {
> + damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
> damos_destroy_filter(f);
> damon_free_target(t);
> kunit_skip(test, "region alloc fail");
> @@ -1668,27 +1699,27 @@ static void damos_test_filter_out(struct kunit *test)
> damon_add_region(r, t);
>
> /* region in the range */
> - KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, damos_filter_match(NULL, t, r, f, 1));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, damos_filter_match(ctx, t, r, f, 1));
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_nr_regions(t), 1);
>
> /* region before the range */
> r->ar.start = 1;
> r->ar.end = 2;
> KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test,
> - damos_filter_match(NULL, t, r, f, 1));
> + damos_filter_match(ctx, t, r, f, 1));
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_nr_regions(t), 1);
>
> /* region after the range */
> r->ar.start = 6;
> r->ar.end = 8;
> KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test,
> - damos_filter_match(NULL, t, r, f, 1));
> + damos_filter_match(ctx, t, r, f, 1));
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_nr_regions(t), 1);
>
> /* region started before the range */
> r->ar.start = 1;
> r->ar.end = 4;
> - KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, damos_filter_match(NULL, t, r, f, 1));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, damos_filter_match(ctx, t, r, f, 1));
> /* filter should have split the region */
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.start, 1);
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.end, 2);
> @@ -1704,7 +1735,7 @@ static void damos_test_filter_out(struct kunit *test)
> r->ar.start = 2;
> r->ar.end = 8;
> KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test,
> - damos_filter_match(NULL, t, r, f, 1));
> + damos_filter_match(ctx, t, r, f, 1));
> /* filter should have split the region */
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.start, 2);
> KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.end, 6);
> @@ -1717,6 +1748,7 @@ static void damos_test_filter_out(struct kunit *test)
> damon_destroy_region(r2, t);
>
> out:
> + damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
> damon_free_target(t);
> damos_free_filter(f);
> }
> --
> 2.55.0

Thank you for your patches! LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@xxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Rui Yan