linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/intel_rdt: Add diagnostics when writing the cpus file

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:39:36 -0700
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Boris Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/intel_rdt: Add diagnostics when writing the cpus file

From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>

Can't add a cpu to a monitor group unless it belongs to parent
group. Can't delete cpus from the default group.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
index df6373680a59..1674f7871b06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
@@ -264,8 +264,10 @@ static int cpus_mon_write(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp, cpumask_var_t newmask,
 
 	/* Check whether cpus belong to parent ctrl group */
 	cpumask_andnot(tmpmask, newmask, &prgrp->cpu_mask);
-	if (cpumask_weight(tmpmask))
+	if (cpumask_weight(tmpmask)) {
+		rdt_last_cmd_puts("can only add CPUs to mongroup that belong to parent\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Check whether cpus are dropped from this group */
 	cpumask_andnot(tmpmask, &rdtgrp->cpu_mask, newmask);
@@ -317,8 +319,10 @@ static int cpus_ctrl_write(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp, cpumask_var_t newmask,
 	cpumask_andnot(tmpmask, &rdtgrp->cpu_mask, newmask);
 	if (cpumask_weight(tmpmask)) {
 		/* Can't drop from default group */
-		if (rdtgrp == &rdtgroup_default)
+		if (rdtgrp == &rdtgroup_default) {
+			rdt_last_cmd_puts("Can't drop CPUs from default group\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		/* Give any dropped cpus to rdtgroup_default */
 		cpumask_or(&rdtgroup_default.cpu_mask,
@@ -383,8 +387,10 @@ static ssize_t rdtgroup_cpus_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	}
 
 	rdtgrp = rdtgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn);
+	rdt_last_cmd_clear();
 	if (!rdtgrp) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
+		rdt_last_cmd_puts("directory was removed\n");
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -393,13 +399,16 @@ static ssize_t rdtgroup_cpus_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	else
 		ret = cpumask_parse(buf, newmask);
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		rdt_last_cmd_puts("bad cpu list/mask\n");
 		goto unlock;
+	}
 
 	/* check that user didn't specify any offline cpus */
 	cpumask_andnot(tmpmask, newmask, cpu_online_mask);
 	if (cpumask_weight(tmpmask)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
+		rdt_last_cmd_puts("can only assign online cpus\n");
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-- 
2.11.0