linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] testing/selftests/mqueue: Fix mq_perf

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Date:   Sat, 9 Apr 2022 11:56:53 +0530
From:   Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     shuah@...nel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        disgoel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, kajoljain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] testing/selftests/mqueue: Fix mq_perf_tests to free
 the allocated cpu set



> On 09-Apr-2022, at 12:00 AM, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> On 4/8/22 1:24 AM, Athira Rajeev wrote:
>> The selftest "mqueue/mq_perf_tests.c" use CPU_ALLOC to allocate
>> CPU set. This cpu set is used further in pthread_attr_setaffinity_np
>> and by pthread_create in the code. But in current code, allocated
>> cpu set is not freed.
>> Fix this issue by adding CPU_FREE in the "shutdown" function which
>> is called in most of the error/exit path for the cleanup. There are
>> few error paths which exit without using shutdown. Add a common goto
>> error path with CPU_FREE for these cases.
>> Fixes: 7820b0715b6f ("tools/selftests: add mq_perf_tests")
>> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> Changelog:
>>  From v2 -> v3:
>>   Addressed review comment from Shuah Khan to add
>>   common "goto" error path with CPU_FREE for few exit
>>   cases.
>>  From v1 -> v2:
>>   Addressed review comment from Shuah Khan to add
>>   CPU_FREE in other exit paths where it is needed
> 
> Thank you. I will queue this up for Linux 5.18-rc3

Thanks Shuah

Athira
> 
> thanks,
> -- Shuah