linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] smpboot: Allow to pass the cpumask on per-cpu thread registration

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Message-Id: <1436629952-17291-4-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:52:31 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] smpboot: Allow to pass the cpumask on per-cpu thread registration

It makes the registration cheaper and simpler for the smpboot per-cpu
kthread users that don't need to always update the cpumask after threads
creation.

Reviewed-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/smpboot.h | 11 ++++++++++-
 kernel/smpboot.c        | 12 ++++++++----
 kernel/watchdog.c       |  9 +++------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/smpboot.h b/include/linux/smpboot.h
index da3c593..e6109a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/smpboot.h
+++ b/include/linux/smpboot.h
@@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ struct smp_hotplug_thread {
 	const char			*thread_comm;
 };
 
-int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread);
+int smpboot_register_percpu_thread_cpumask(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread,
+					   const struct cpumask *cpumask);
+
+static inline int
+smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread)
+{
+	return smpboot_register_percpu_thread_cpumask(plug_thread,
+						      cpu_possible_mask);
+}
+
 void smpboot_unregister_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread);
 int smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread,
 					 const struct cpumask *);
diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index 60aa858..d99a41d 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -273,19 +273,22 @@ static void smpboot_destroy_threads(struct smp_hotplug_thread *ht)
 }
 
 /**
- * smpboot_register_percpu_thread - Register a per_cpu thread related to hotplug
+ * smpboot_register_percpu_thread_cpumask - Register a per_cpu thread related
+ * 					    to hotplug
  * @plug_thread:	Hotplug thread descriptor
+ * @cpumask:		The cpumask where threads run
  *
  * Creates and starts the threads on all online cpus.
  */
-int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread)
+int smpboot_register_percpu_thread_cpumask(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread,
+					   const struct cpumask *cpumask)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&plug_thread->cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	cpumask_copy(plug_thread->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
+	cpumask_copy(plug_thread->cpumask, cpumask);
 
 	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&smpboot_threads_lock);
@@ -296,7 +299,8 @@ int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread)
 			free_cpumask_var(plug_thread->cpumask);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		smpboot_unpark_thread(plug_thread, cpu);
+		if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpumask))
+			smpboot_unpark_thread(plug_thread, cpu);
 	}
 	list_add(&plug_thread->list, &hotplug_threads);
 out:
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index a6ffa43..e5bb86f 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -713,15 +713,12 @@ static int watchdog_enable_all_cpus(void)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!watchdog_running) {
-		err = smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&watchdog_threads);
+		err = smpboot_register_percpu_thread_cpumask(&watchdog_threads,
+							     &watchdog_cpumask);
 		if (err)
 			pr_err("Failed to create watchdog threads, disabled\n");
-		else {
-			if (smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread(
-				    &watchdog_threads, &watchdog_cpumask))
-				pr_err("Failed to set cpumask for watchdog threads\n");
+		else
 			watchdog_running = 1;
-		}
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Enable/disable the lockup detectors or
-- 
2.1.4

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