linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] cpuset: Remove unneeded NODEMASK_ALLOC() in cpuset_sprintf

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Date:	Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:56:48 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	缪 勰 <miaox@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] cpuset: Remove unneeded NODEMASK_ALLOC() in cpuset_sprintf_memlist()

It's not necessary to copy cpuset->mems_allowed to a buffer
allocated by NODEMASK_ALLOC(). Just pass it to nodelist_scnprintf().

As spotted by Paul, a side effect is we fix a bug that the function
can return -ENOMEM but the caller doesn't expect negative return
value. Therefore change the return value of cpuset_sprintf_cpulist()
and cpuset_sprintf_memlist() from int to size_t.

Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/cpuset.c |   24 ++++++++----------------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 10f1835..e79650b 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1607,34 +1607,26 @@ static int cpuset_write_resmask(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
  * across a page fault.
  */
 
-static int cpuset_sprintf_cpulist(char *page, struct cpuset *cs)
+static size_t cpuset_sprintf_cpulist(char *page, struct cpuset *cs)
 {
-	int ret;
+	size_t count;
 
 	mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
-	ret = cpulist_scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, cs->cpus_allowed);
+	count = cpulist_scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, cs->cpus_allowed);
 	mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
 
-	return ret;
+	return count;
 }
 
-static int cpuset_sprintf_memlist(char *page, struct cpuset *cs)
+static size_t cpuset_sprintf_memlist(char *page, struct cpuset *cs)
 {
-	NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, mask, GFP_KERNEL);
-	int retval;
-
-	if (mask == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	size_t count;
 
 	mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
-	*mask = cs->mems_allowed;
+	count = nodelist_scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, cs->mems_allowed);
 	mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
 
-	retval = nodelist_scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, *mask);
-
-	NODEMASK_FREE(mask);
-
-	return retval;
+	return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(struct cgroup *cont,
-- 
1.7.3.1
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