linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm/damon/dbgfs: avoid duplicate context directory creation

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Date:   Sat, 20 Aug 2022 09:29:24 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     badari.pulavarty@...el.com, damon@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/damon/dbgfs: avoid duplicate context directory
 creation

On 8/20/22 00:19, SeongJae Park wrote:
> From: Badari Pulavarty <badari.pulavarty@...el.com>
> 
> When user tries to create a DAMON context via the DAMON debugfs
> interface with a name of an already existing context, the context
> directory creation silently fails but the context is added in the
> internal data structure.  As a result, memory could leak and DAMON
> cannot be turned on.  An example test case is as below:
> 
>     # cd /sys/kernel/debug/damon/
>     # echo "off" >  monitor_on
>     # echo paddr > target_ids
>     # echo "abc" > mk_context
>     # echo "abc" > mk_context
>     # echo $$ > abc/target_ids
>     # echo "on" > monitor_on  <<< fails
> 
> This commit fixes the issue by checking if the name already exist and
> immediately returning '-EEXIST' in the case.
> 

Meh...

SJ, I have seen most (if not all of) your patches uses descriptive mood
instead of imperative. Better say "Fix the issue by checking ...".

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