FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/damon/core: use time_in_range_open() for damos quota" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 049a57421dd67a28c45ae7e92c36df758033e5fa
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026050344-stinging-carnivore-0639@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 049a57421dd67a28c45ae7e92c36df758033e5fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SeongJae Park <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:23:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mm/damon/core: use time_in_range_open() for damos quota
window start

damos_adjust_quota() uses time_after_eq() to show if it is time to start a new quota charge window, comparing the current jiffies and the scheduled next charge window start time. If it is, the next charge window start time is updated and the new charge window starts.

The time check and next window start time update is skipped while the scheme is deactivated by the watermarks. Let's suppose the deactivation is kept more than LONG_MAX jiffies (assuming CONFIG_HZ of 250, more than 99 days in 32 bit systems and more than one billion years in 64 bit systems), resulting in having the jiffies larger than the next charge window start time + LONG_MAX. Then, the time_after_eq() call can return false until another LONG_MAX jiffies are passed.

This means the scheme can continue working after being reactivated by the watermarks. But, soon, the quota will be exceeded and the scheme will again effectively stop working until the next charge window starts. Because the current charge window is extended to up to LONG_MAX jiffies, however, it will look like it stopped unexpectedly and indefinitely, from the user's perspective.

Fix this by using !time_in_range_open() instead.

The issue was discovered [1] by sashiko.

index 19642c175568..3bc7a2bbfe7d 100644
@@ -2449,7 +2449,8 @@ static void damos_adjust_quota(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damos *s)
 	}
 
 	/* New charge window starts */
-	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, quota->charged_from +
+	if (!time_in_range_open(jiffies, quota->charged_from,
+				quota->charged_from +
 				msecs_to_jiffies(quota->reset_interval))) {
 		if (damos_quota_is_set(quota) &&
 				quota->charged_sz >= quota->esz)

damos_adjust_quota() uses time_after_eq() to show if it is time to start a new quota charge window, comparing the current jiffies and the scheduled next charge window start time. If it is, the next charge window start time is updated and the new charge window starts.

The time check and next window start time update is skipped while the scheme is deactivated by the watermarks. Let's suppose the deactivation is kept more than LONG_MAX jiffies (assuming CONFIG_HZ of 250, more than 99 days in 32 bit systems and more than one billion years in 64 bit systems), resulting in having the jiffies larger than the next charge window start time + LONG_MAX. Then, the time_after_eq() call can return false until another LONG_MAX jiffies are passed.

This means the scheme can continue working after being reactivated by the watermarks. But, soon, the quota will be exceeded and the scheme will again effectively stop working until the next charge window starts. Because the current charge window is extended to up to LONG_MAX jiffies, however, it will look like it stopped unexpectedly and indefinitely, from the user's perspective.

Fix this by using !time_in_range_open() instead.

The issue was discovered [1] by sashiko.

---
 mm/damon/core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index ab5c351b276c..01da6b09ee62 100644
@@ -826,7 +826,8 @@ static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 			continue;
 
 		/* New charge window starts */
-		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, quota->charged_from +
+		if (!time_in_range_open(jiffies, quota->charged_from,
+					quota->charged_from +
 					msecs_to_jiffies(
 						quota->reset_interval))) {
 			if (quota->esz && quota->charged_sz >= quota->esz)

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