[RFC PATCH v2 10/10] selftets/damon/sysfs.py: pause DAMON before dumping status

SeongJae Park
2026-03-19T05:22:28Z

The sysfs.py test commits DAMON parameters, dump the internal DAMON
state, and show if the parameters are committed as expected using the
dumped state. While the dumping is ongoing, DAMON is alive. It can
make internal changes including addition and removal of regions. It can
therefore make a race that can result in false test results. Pause
DAMON execution during the state dumping to avoid such races.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
index e6d34ba05893f..704729c7a318e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
@@ -193,18 +193,48 @@ def assert_ctx_committed(ctx, dump):
assert_true(dump['pause'] == ctx.pause, 'pause', dump)

def assert_ctxs_committed(kdamonds):
+ ctxs_paused_for_dump = []
+ for kd in kdamonds.kdamonds:
+ for ctx in kd.contexts:
+ if ctx.pause is False:
+ ctx.pause = True
+ err = kd.commit()
+ if err is not None:
+ print('pause fail (%s)' % err)
+ kdamonds.stop()
+ exit(1)
+ ctxs_paused_for_dump.append(ctx)
+
status, err = dump_damon_status_dict(kdamonds.kdamonds[0].pid)
if err is not None:
print(err)
kdamonds.stop()
exit(1)

+ for kd in kdamonds.kdamonds:
+ for ctx in kd.contexts:
+ if ctx in ctxs_paused_for_dump:
+ ctx.pause = False
+ err = kd.commit()
+ if err is not None:
+ print('resume fail (%s)' % err)
+ kdamonds.stop()
+ exit(1)
+ # restore for comparison
+ ctx.pause = True
+
ctxs = kdamonds.kdamonds[0].contexts
dump = status['contexts']
assert_true(len(ctxs) == len(dump), 'ctxs length', dump)
for idx, ctx in enumerate(ctxs):
assert_ctx_committed(ctx, dump[idx])

+ # restore for the caller
+ for kd in kdamonds.kdamonds:
+ for ctx in kd.contexts:
+ if ctx in ctxs_paused_for_dump:
+ ctx.pause = False
+
def main():
kdamonds = _damon_sysfs.Kdamonds(
[_damon_sysfs.Kdamond(
@@ -302,6 +332,7 @@ def main():
print('kdamond start failed: %s' % err)
exit(1)
kdamonds.kdamonds[0].contexts[0].targets[1].obsolete = True
+ kdamonds.kdamonds[0].contexts[0].pause = True
kdamonds.kdamonds[0].commit()
del kdamonds.kdamonds[0].contexts[0].targets[1]
assert_ctxs_committed(kdamonds)
--
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