linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 08/10] powerpc/smp: Allocate cpumask only after searching thread group

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Message-Id: <20200810071834.92514-9-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:48:32 +0530
From:   Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Anton Blanchard <anton@...abs.org>,
        "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>,
        Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@...il.com>,
        Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 08/10] powerpc/smp: Allocate cpumask only after searching thread group

If allocated earlier and the search fails, then cpu_l1_cache_map cpumask
is unnecessarily cleared. However cpu_l1_cache_map can be allocated /
cleared after we search thread group.

Please note CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is not set on Powerpc. Hence cpumask
allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node is never freed.

Cc: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@...abs.org>
Cc: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>
Cc: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>
Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
Cc: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@...il.com>
Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Changelog v4 ->v5:
	Updated commit msg on why cpumask need not be freed.
						(Michael Ellerman)

 arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 7403fdcf3821..0536ac06876b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -789,10 +789,6 @@ static int init_cpu_l1_cache_map(int cpu)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&per_cpu(cpu_l1_cache_map, cpu),
-				GFP_KERNEL,
-				cpu_to_node(cpu));
-
 	cpu_group_start = get_cpu_thread_group_start(cpu, &tg);
 
 	if (unlikely(cpu_group_start == -1)) {
@@ -801,6 +797,9 @@ static int init_cpu_l1_cache_map(int cpu)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&per_cpu(cpu_l1_cache_map, cpu),
+				GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+
 	for (i = first_thread; i < first_thread + threads_per_core; i++) {
 		int i_group_start = get_cpu_thread_group_start(i, &tg);
 
-- 
2.18.2