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Jiayuan Chen
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Patch series "mm/damon/core: detect internal variation above
max_nr_regions/2", v3.
kdamond_split_regions() bails out early when nr_regions is already above
max_nr_regions / 2. A large region that picks up new internal variation
after that point never gets split, so we lose visibility into its hot/cold
structure.
We hit this with damon-paddr on hugepage workloads and damon-vaddr on
processes that mmap a large anonymous range.
Example with max_nr_regions == 1500. A target ends up with 799 small
hot/cold regions plus one big region (an earlier merge collapsed a
uniformly-accessed range into a single piece):
H:hot
C:cold
r1 r2 r3 r800
HHHHHH|CCCCCC|HHHHHH|...|HHHHHH..........................|
nr_regions = 800 > max_nr_regions / 2 = 750
Now a cold subarea shows up inside r800:
r1 r2 r3 r800
HHHHHH|CCCCCC|HHHHHH|...|HHHHHH........CCCCCC.............|
The small regions can't merge with each other (their access counts
differ), so budget never frees up. r800 can't be split because nr_regions
> max_nr_regions / 2 returns early. The cold subarea stays invisible.
Patch 1 keeps refining on this path: when nr_regions is above
max_nr_regions / 2 but still under the maximum, it splits a fraction of
the regions instead of returning. The fraction shrinks as the remaining
budget shrinks, so the count approaches max_nr_regions smoothly. A
useless split is undone by the next merge cycle.
Patch 2 adds a KUnit test for the case where nr_regions is already above
max_nr_regions / 2.
Thanks to SJ for the suggestion to drive the split fraction from the
remaining budget rather than an age-based filter.
This patch (of 2):
kdamond_split_regions() returns early when nr_regions is above
max_nr_regions / 2, leaving internal access variation inside a large
region undetected.
Such a layout is common with damon-paddr on hugepage workloads or
damon-vaddr on processes with a large anonymous mmap.
For example, with max_nr_regions == 1500, a target may end up with 799
small alternating-temperature regions plus one large region that absorbed
a uniformly-accessed range during an earlier merge:
H:hot
C:cold
r1 r2 r3 r800
HHHHHH|CCCCCC|HHHHHH|...|HHHHHH..........................|
nr_regions = 800 > max_nr_regions / 2 = 750
If a cold subarea later emerges inside r800:
r1 r2 r3 r800
HHHHHH|CCCCCC|HHHHHH|...|HHHHHH........CCCCCC.............|
The small regions cannot merge with each other (different access counts),
so the budget stays full. r800 cannot be split because nr_regions >
max_nr_regions / 2 causes an early return. The cold subarea is never
discovered.
When nr_regions is above max_nr_regions / 2 but still under the maximum,
split only a fraction of the regions instead of returning. One region in
every 'max_nr_regions / budget' regions is split, where budget is the
remaining room (max_nr_regions - nr_regions), starting from a rotating
offset so different regions get picked over time. The fraction shrinks as
the budget shrinks, so the region count keeps refining while approaching
max_nr_regions smoothly rather than overshooting it. An unnecessary split
is reverted by the next kdamond_merge_regions().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629145630.134891-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260626085851.70754-2-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629145630.134891-2-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Shu Anzai <shu17az@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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