linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3 V8] workqueue: Allow modifying low level unbound workqueue cpumask

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:24:31 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3 V8] workqueue: Allow modifying low level unbound workqueue
 cpumask

On 04/28/2015 09:44 AM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:

>>>  
>>> +	/* save the user configured attrs */
>>> +	cpumask_and(new_attrs->cpumask, attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
>>
>> Wouldn't this make a lot more sense above when copying @attrs into
>> @new_attrs?  The comment there even says "make a copy of @attrs and
>> sanitize it".  Copy to @new_attrs, mask with wq_unbound_cpumask and
>> fall back to wq_unbound_cpumask if empty.


We need to save the user original configured attrs.
When any time wq_unbound_cpumask is changed, we should use
the user original configured attrs (cpumask) to re-calculate
the pwqs and avoid losing any information.

> 
> It should be:
> 
> +	copy_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs, attrs);
> +	cpumask_and(new_attrs->cpumask, new_attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
> 
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