linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4 V6] workqueue: Allow modifying low level unbound workqueue cpumask

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Date:	Mon, 6 Apr 2015 11:53:15 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
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 4/4 V6] workqueue: Allow modifying low level unbound
 workqueue cpumask

On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 07:14:42PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>  	/* make a copy of @attrs and sanitize it */
>  	copy_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs, attrs);
> -	cpumask_and(new_attrs->cpumask, new_attrs->cpumask, wq_unbound_global_cpumask);
> +	copy_workqueue_attrs(pwq_attrs, attrs);
> +	cpumask_and(new_attrs->cpumask, new_attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
> +	cpumask_and(pwq_attrs->cpumask, pwq_attrs->cpumask, unbound_cpumask);

Hmmm... why do we need to keep track of both cpu_possible_mask and
unbound_cpumask?  Can't we just make unbound_cpumask replace
cpu_possible_mask for unbound workqueues?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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