[merged mm-stable] mm-damon-core-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setups-and-updates.patch removed from -mm tree

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:42:51 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.mm-commits
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/damon/core: remove nr_accesses_bp setups and updates
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-damon-core-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setups-and-updates.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: SJ Park <[email protected]>
Subject: mm/damon/core: remove nr_accesses_bp setups and updates
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:08:06 -0700

DAMON core sets and updates nr_accesses_bp in multiple places.  It
explains how delicate it is.  The field is no more being used for any real
purpose, and replaced by a simpler function.  Remove the setups and
updates.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: SJ Park <[email protected]>
Cc: Brendan Higgins <[email protected]>
Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <[email protected]>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
Cc: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

 mm/damon/core.c |   22 ++--------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/damon/core.c~mm-damon-core-remove-nr_accesses_bp-setups-and-updates
+++ a/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ struct damon_region *damon_new_region(un
 	region->ar.start = start;
 	region->ar.end = end;
 	region->nr_accesses = 0;
-	region->nr_accesses_bp = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < DAMON_MAX_PROBES; i++)
 		region->probe_hits[i] = 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&region->list);
@@ -889,20 +888,17 @@ static void damon_update_monitoring_resu
 {
 	r->last_nr_accesses = damon_nr_accesses_for_new_attrs(
 			r->last_nr_accesses, old_attrs, new_attrs);
-	if (!aggregating) {
+	if (!aggregating)
 		r->nr_accesses = damon_nr_accesses_for_new_attrs(
 				r->nr_accesses, old_attrs, new_attrs);
-		r->nr_accesses_bp = r->nr_accesses * 10000;
-	} else {
+	else
 		/*
 		 * if this is called in the middle of the aggregation, reset
 		 * the aggregations we made so far for this aggregation
 		 * interval.  In other words, make the status like
 		 * kdamond_reset_aggregated() is called.
 		 */
-		r->nr_accesses_bp = r->last_nr_accesses * 10000;
 		r->nr_accesses = 0;
-	}
 	r->age = damon_age_for_new_attrs(r->age, old_attrs, new_attrs);
 }
 
@@ -3129,7 +3125,6 @@ static void damon_merge_two_regions(stru
 
 	l->nr_accesses = (l->nr_accesses * sz_l + r->nr_accesses * sz_r) /
 			(sz_l + sz_r);
-	l->nr_accesses_bp = l->nr_accesses * 10000;
 	l->age = (l->age * sz_l + r->age * sz_r) / (sz_l + sz_r);
 	l->ar.end = r->ar.end;
 	/* todo: do this for only installed probes */
@@ -3241,7 +3236,6 @@ static void damon_split_region_at(struct
 
 	new->age = r->age;
 	new->last_nr_accesses = r->last_nr_accesses;
-	new->nr_accesses_bp = r->nr_accesses_bp;
 	new->nr_accesses = r->nr_accesses;
 	/* todo: do this for only installed probes */
 	memcpy(new->probe_hits, r->probe_hits, sizeof(r->probe_hits));
@@ -3849,18 +3843,6 @@ static unsigned int damon_moving_sum(uns
 void damon_update_region_access_rate(struct damon_region *r, bool accessed,
 		struct damon_attrs *attrs)
 {
-	unsigned int len_window = 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * sample_interval can be zero, but cannot be larger than
-	 * aggr_interval, owing to validation of damon_set_attrs().
-	 */
-	if (attrs->sample_interval)
-		len_window = damon_max_nr_accesses(attrs);
-	r->nr_accesses_bp = damon_moving_sum(r->nr_accesses_bp,
-			r->last_nr_accesses * 10000, len_window,
-			accessed ? 10000 : 0);
-
 	if (accessed)
 		r->nr_accesses++;
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

mm-damon-adjust-isolated-pages-stat-for-damos_migrate_hotcold.patch
mm-damon-core-stop-ctxs-in-damon_start-before-returning-an-error.patch
samples-damon-mtier-do-not-stop-first-context-for-damon_start-failure.patch
mm-damon-core-make-damon_stop-never-fails.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-reclaaim-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-lru_sort-ignore-damon_stop-return-value.patch
mm-damon-core-change-damon_stop-return-type-to-void.patch
samples-damon-mtier-stop-all-contexts-with-single-damon_stop-call.patch
mm-damon-core-wait-ctx-stop-in-damon_call-before-reruning-an-error.patch
samples-damon-wsse-do-not-stop-ctx-for-damon_call-failure.patch
samples-damon-prcl-do-not-stop-damon-for-damon_call-failure.patch
mm-damon-core-remove-comment-and-test-for-nr_to_bp-divide-by-zero.patch
mm-damon-core-s-damon_max_nr_accesses-damon_nr_samples_per_aggr.patch
mm-damon-core-s-accesses_bp_to_nr_accesses-sample_bp_to_count.patch
mm-damon-core-s-nr_accesses_to_accesses_bp-sample_count_to_bp.patch
mm-damon-core-s-nr_accesses_for_new_attrs-nr_samples_for_new_attrs.patch
mm-damon-core-update-probe-hits-for-new-parameter-commit.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-unreset-probe_hits-in-probe_hits_mvsum.patch
mm-damon-core-introduce-damon_probe-weight.patch
mm-damon-core-ask-apply_probes-ops-callback-to-set-sampling-address.patch
mm-damon-paddr-set-samples-in-apply_probes-if-requested.patch
mm-damon-core-ask-apply_probe-to-return-max-probe-hits-weighted-sum.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_probe_hits_wsum.patch
mm-damon-paddr-respect-return_max_wsum.patch
mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-instead-of-abs.patch
mm-damon-core-extend-merge-function-to-work-with-probe-hits.patch
mm-damon-core-disallow-probe_hits-overflow-on-attrs-only-monitoring.patch
mm-damon-core-validate-params-for-probe-hits-weighted-sum-overflow.patch
mm-damon-core-disable-access-monitoring-when-probe-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-set-samples-in-apply_probes-if-probe-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-s-max_nr_accesses-max_merge_score-in-kdamond_fn.patch
mm-damon-core-get-merge-threshold-from-probe-hits-when-weights-are-set.patch
mm-damon-core-implement-damon_has_probe_weight.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-implement-probe-weight-file.patch
docs-mm-damon-design-document-attrs-only-monitoring.patch
docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-document-weight-sysfs-file.patch
docs-abi-damon-document-probe-weight-file.patch
mm-damon-core-skip-aging-from-repeated-aggressive-merging.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_region-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_target-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_quota_goal-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_quota-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos_filter-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damos-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_filter-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-private-damon_probe-fields.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-do-not-directly-access-damon_ctx-ops.patch
mm-damon-core-hide-core-private-damon_ctx-fields.patch
mm-damon-core-avoid-infinite-kdamond_merge_regions-internal-loop.patch
mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-catch-test-failure-in-test_merge_regions_of.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-optimization.patch
mm-damon-paddr-drop-last-same-folio-access-check-reuse-optimization.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-read-addr_unit-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch
mm-damon-sysfs-read-ops_id-only-once-in-damon_sysfs_apply_inputs.patch
mm-damon-core-initialize-damos-last_applied.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-check-region-count-before-testing-in-split_at.patch
mm-damon-vaddr-kunit-check-region-count-in-three_regions-test.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-handle-region-split-failure-in-filter_out.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-skip-wrong-dest-walk-in-commit_dests_for.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-skip-wrong-quota-goal-walk-in-commit_quota_goals.patch
mm-damon-core-kunit-skip-wrong-region-walk-in-commit_target_regions.patch
mm-damon-ops-common-use-nr_accesses-moving-sum-for-quota-score.patch
mm-damon-core-handle-region-split-failure-in-apply_min_nr_regions.patch