linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] x86, RAS: Add attributes needed for HW injection

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Date:	Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:19:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
cc:	EDAC devel <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] x86, RAS: Add attributes needed for HW injection

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> > That wouldn't catch an offline cpuid, you probably want cpu_online(val)?
> 
> Good catch, thanks.
> 
> So I'm looking at <arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c> which is how the validity of
> a cpu value should be tested properly, IMHO:
> 
> static int cpuid_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> 	...
> 
> 	if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids || !cpu_online(cpu))
> 		return -ENXIO;	/* No such CPU */
> 	...

Right, the comment for cpumask_test_cpu(), which cpu_online() really is, 
wants a cpu < nr_cpu_ids.  
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