linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] RISC-V: Do not use cpumask data structure for hartid bitmap

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:28:46 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>
Cc:     Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@...c27.com>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] RISC-V: Do not use cpumask data structure for
 hartid bitmap

Hi Atish,

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:21 AM Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 2:26 PM Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@...c27.com> wrote:
> > On 20 Jan 2022, at 09:09, Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com> wrote:
> > > Currently, SBI APIs accept a hartmask that is generated from struct
> > > cpumask. Cpumask data structure can hold upto NR_CPUs value. Thus, it
> > > is not the correct data structure for hartids as it can be higher
> > > than NR_CPUs for platforms with sparse or discontguous hartids.
> > >
> > > Remove all association between hartid mask and struct cpumask.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org> (For Linux RISC-V changes)
> > > Acked-by: Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org> (For KVM RISC-V changes)
> > > Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>

> I am yet to reproduce it on my end.
> @Geert Uytterhoeven: can you please try the below diff on your end.

Unfortunately it doesn't fix the issue for me.

/me debugging...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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