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Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: warn commit_inputs vs param updates race
authorSeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:30:50 +0000 (08:30 -0700)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:51 +0000 (00:10 -0700)
commit0c13ed77dd2bc1c2d46db8ef27721213742cccd8
tree33a7f727befeb2fe7f51d5fa9dbff8a2060b3177
parent0beba407d4585a15b0dc09f2064b5b3ddcb0e857
Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort: warn commit_inputs vs param updates race

DAMON_LRU_SORT handles commit_inputs request inside kdamond thread,
reading the module parameters.  If the user updates the module
parameters while the kdamond thread is reading those, races can happen.
To avoid this, the commit_inputs parameter shows whether it is still in
the progress, assuming users wouldn't update parameters in the middle of
the work.  Some users might ignore that.  Add a warning about the
behavior.

The issue was discovered in [1] by sashiko.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260329153052.46657-3-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260319161620.189392-2-objecting@objecting.org
Fixes: 6acfcd0d7524 ("Docs/admin-guide/damon: add a document for DAMON_LRU_SORT")
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.0.x
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst