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platform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the return value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer being stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and mtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash. Add an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure. Fixes: 0d9eee9118b7 ("drm/mediatek: Add drm ovl_adaptor sub driver for MT8195") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Haojie Li <lihaojie@kylinos.cn> Reviewed-by: CK Hu <ck.hu@mediatek.com> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20260825100845.438893-1-lihaojie@kylinos.cn/ Signed-off-by: Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@kernel.org>
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+=================
+Scheduler debugfs
+=================
+
+Booting a kernel with debugfs enabled will give access to
+scheduler specific debug files under /sys/kernel/debug/sched. Some of
+those files are described below.
+
+numa_balancing
+==============
+
+`numa_balancing` directory is used to hold files to control NUMA
+balancing feature. If the system overhead from the feature is too
+high then the rate the kernel samples for NUMA hinting faults may be
+controlled by the `scan_period_min_ms, scan_delay_ms,
+scan_period_max_ms, scan_size_mb` files.
+
+
+scan_period_min_ms, scan_delay_ms, scan_period_max_ms, scan_size_mb
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Automatic NUMA balancing scans tasks address space and unmaps pages to
+detect if pages are properly placed or if the data should be migrated to a
+memory node local to where the task is running. Every "scan delay" the task
+scans the next "scan size" number of pages in its address space. When the
+end of the address space is reached the scanner restarts from the beginning.
+
+In combination, the "scan delay" and "scan size" determine the scan rate.
+When "scan delay" decreases, the scan rate increases. The scan delay and
+hence the scan rate of every task is adaptive and depends on historical
+behaviour. If pages are properly placed then the scan delay increases,
+otherwise the scan delay decreases. The "scan size" is not adaptive but
+the higher the "scan size", the higher the scan rate.
+
+Higher scan rates incur higher system overhead as page faults must be
+trapped and potentially data must be migrated. However, the higher the scan
+rate, the more quickly a tasks memory is migrated to a local node if the
+workload pattern changes and minimises performance impact due to remote
+memory accesses. These files control the thresholds for scan delays and
+the number of pages scanned.
+
+``scan_period_min_ms`` is the minimum time in milliseconds to scan a
+tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the maximum scanning
+rate for each task.
+
+``scan_delay_ms`` is the starting "scan delay" used for a task when it
+initially forks.
+
+``scan_period_max_ms`` is the maximum time in milliseconds to scan a
+tasks virtual memory. It effectively controls the minimum scanning
+rate for each task.
+
+``scan_size_mb`` is how many megabytes worth of pages are scanned for
+a given scan.