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mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-in-damon_feed_loop_next_input.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/damon/core: use abs_diff() in damon_feed_loop_next_input()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-in-damon_feed_loop_next_input.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: use abs_diff() in damon_feed_loop_next_input()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:22:00 -0700

damon_feed_loop_next_input() is open-coding absolute diff calculation instead of the dedicated helper, abs_diff(), for no good reason. Use the dedicated helper.

Link https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected] open here
Signed-off-by SJ Park <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by Asier Gutierrez <[email protected]>
Cc Brendan Higgins <[email protected]>
Cc David Gow <[email protected]>
Cc David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Cc Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Cc Liam R. Howlett <[email protected]>
Cc Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
Cc Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
Cc Mike Rapoport <[email protected]>
Cc Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Cc Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
Cc Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>
Cc Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>

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 mm/damon/core.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
mm/damon/core.c renamed from mm/damon/core.c~mm-damon-core-use-abs_diff-in-damon_feed_loop_next_input +1 -4
@@ -2926,10 +2926,7 @@ static unsigned long damon_feed_loop_nex
 	if (score >= goal * 2)
 		return min_input;
 
-	if (over_achieving)
-		score_goal_diff = score - goal;
-	else
-		score_goal_diff = goal - score;
+	score_goal_diff = abs_diff(score, goal);
 
 	if (last_input < ULONG_MAX / score_goal_diff)
 		compensation = last_input * score_goal_diff / goal;

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

mm-damon-core-introduce-damos_quota_goal-complement.patch mm-damon-core-add-complement-argument-to-damos_new_quota_goal.patch mm-damon-sysfs-schemes-support-quota-goal-complement-flag.patch mm-damon-tests-core-kunit-test-quota_goal-complement-commit.patch selftests-damon-sysfssh-test-quota-goal-complement-flag-file.patch docs-mm-damon-design-document-damos-quota-goal-complement-flag.patch docs-admin-guide-mm-damon-usage-update-for-quota-goal-complement-file.patch docs-abi-damon-update-for-quota-goal-metric-complement-sysfs-file.patch