mm/damon/core: fix fake load reports due to uninterruptible sleeps
Because DAMON sleeps in uninterruptible mode, /proc/loadavg reports fake load while DAMON is turned on, though it is doing nothing. This can confuse users[1]. To avoid the case, this commit makes DAMON sleeps in idle mode. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/11868371.O9o76ZdvQC@natalenko.name/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211126145015.15862-3-sj@kernel.org Fixes: 2224d848 ("mm: introduce Data Access MONitor (DAMON)") Reported-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@natalenko.name> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Tested-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@natalenko.name> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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