linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] selftets/damon: add a test for memcg

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Message-Id: <20250619183608.6647-3-sj@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:36:08 -0700
From: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	damon@...ts.linux.dev,
	kernel-team@...a.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] selftets/damon: add a test for memcg_path leak

There was a memory leak bug in DAMOS sysfs memcg_path file.  Add a
selftest to ensure the bug never comes back.

Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/damon/Makefile        |  1 +
 .../selftests/damon/sysfs_memcg_path_leak.sh  | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs_memcg_path_leak.sh

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/Makefile
index ff21524be458..e888455e3cf8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ TEST_PROGS += reclaim.sh lru_sort.sh
 # regression tests (reproducers of previously found bugs)
 TEST_PROGS += sysfs_update_removed_scheme_dir.sh
 TEST_PROGS += sysfs_update_schemes_tried_regions_hang.py
+TEST_PROGS += sysfs_memcg_path_leak.sh
 
 EXTRA_CLEAN = __pycache__
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs_memcg_path_leak.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs_memcg_path_leak.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..64c5d8c518a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs_memcg_path_leak.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]
+then
+	echo "Run as root"
+	exit $ksft_skip
+fi
+
+damon_sysfs="/sys/kernel/mm/damon/admin"
+if [ ! -d "$damon_sysfs" ]
+then
+	echo "damon sysfs not found"
+	exit $ksft_skip
+fi
+
+# ensure filter directory
+echo 1 > "$damon_sysfs/kdamonds/nr_kdamonds"
+echo 1 > "$damon_sysfs/kdamonds/0/contexts/nr_contexts"
+echo 1 > "$damon_sysfs/kdamonds/0/contexts/0/schemes/nr_schemes"
+echo 1 > "$damon_sysfs/kdamonds/0/contexts/0/schemes/0/filters/nr_filters"
+
+filter_dir="$damon_sysfs/kdamonds/0/contexts/0/schemes/0/filters/0"
+
+before_kb=$(grep Slab /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}')
+
+# try to leak 3000 KiB
+for i in {1..102400};
+do
+	echo "012345678901234567890123456789" > "$filter_dir/memcg_path"
+done
+
+after_kb=$(grep Slab /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}')
+# expect up to 1500 KiB free from other tasks memory
+expected_after_kb_max=$((before_kb + 1500))
+
+if [ "$after_kb" -gt "$expected_after_kb_max" ]
+then
+	echo "maybe memcg_path are leaking: $before_kb -> $after_kb"
+	exit 1
+else
+	exit 0
+fi
-- 
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