linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/12] arch/mips: remove references to cpu_*

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Date:	Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:29:24 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	"akpm\@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/12] arch/mips: remove references to cpu_*_map.

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:50:02 +0530, "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > -		cpu_clear(smp_processor_id(), mask);
> > -		for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, mask)
> > -			if (cpu_context(cpu, mm))
> > +		for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > +			if (cpu != smp_processor_id() && cpu_context(cpu, mm))
> >  				cpu_context(cpu, mm) = 0;
> > +		}
> 
> 
> Strictly speaking, this one is not a mere cleanup. It causes a subtle change in
> behaviour: earlier, it used to iterate over a local copy of cpu_online_mask, which
> wouldn't change. However, with this patch, it will iterate directly over
> cpu_online_mask, which can change underneath. (The preempt_disable() won't stop
> new CPUs from coming in.. it only prevents CPUs from going offline, that too
> provided that we use stop_machine stuff for CPU offline, which we do currently.)

There's a preempt_disable() around this whole function, so online_mask
can't change.

Same with the others.
> > +		mask = *cpu_online_mask;
> > +	cpumask_clear(&mask, cpu);
> 
> 
> This should be cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &mask);

Good catch.  I copied the bitmask ops, and continually regret it.

I've rolled all these together with your fixes, added your ia64 patch,
and am rebasing to -next now, so I can hand this all across to akpm.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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