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Each damon_ctx maintains callback requests using a linked list
(damon_ctx->call_controls). When a new callback request is received via
damon_call(), the new request should be added to the list. However, the
function is making a mistake at list_add_tail() invocation: putting the
new item to add and the list head to add it before, in the opposite order.
Because of the linked list manipulation implementation, the new request
can still be reached from the context's list head. But the list items
that were added before the new request are dropped from the list.
As a result, the callbacks are unexpectedly not invocated. Worse yet, if
the dropped callback requests were dynamically allocated, the memory is
leaked. Actually DAMON sysfs interface is using a dynamically allocated
repeat-mode callback request for automatic essential stats update. And
because the online DAMON parameters commit is using a non-repeat-mode
callback request, the issue can easily be reproduced, like below.
# damo start --damos_action stat --refresh_stat 1s
# damo tune --damos_action stat --refresh_stat 1s
The first command dynamically allocates the repeat-mode callback request
for automatic essential stat update. Users can see the essential stats
are automatically updated for every second, using the sysfs interface.
The second command calls damon_commit() with a new callback request that
was made for the commit. As a result, the previously added repeat-mode
callback request is dropped from the list. The automatic stats refresh
stops working, and the memory for the repeat-mode callback request is
leaked. It can be confirmed using kmemleak.
Fix the mistake on the list_add_tail() call.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251014205939.1206-1-sj@kernel.org
Fixes:
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| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
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| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
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| virt | ||
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| .clippy.toml | ||
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| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .pylintrc | ||
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| Kbuild | ||
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| README | ||
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.