linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/38] arm-cci: fix handling cpumask_any

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:29:38 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Suzuki Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@....com>,
	Punit Agrawal <Punit.Agrawal@....com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/38] arm-cci: fix handling cpumask_any_but return value

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 02:33:33PM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> cpumask_any_but returns value >= nr_cpu_ids if there are no more CPUs.
> 
> The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
> scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci [1].
> 
> [1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2038576
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/bus/arm-cci.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c b/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c
> index 577cc4b..22754d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c
> @@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ static int cci_pmu_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self,
>  		if (!cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu(cpu, &cci_pmu->cpus))
>  			break;
>  		target = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, cpu);
> -		if (target < 0) // UP, last CPU
> +		if (target >= nr_cpu_ids) // UP, last CPU

We could also make target an int, to match the return type of
cpumask_any_but (on top of this change).

Regardless,

  Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Will
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