linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] cpumask: Introduce for_each_cpu

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Message-ID: <Yv6/SAj6kQ/UIKvu@yury-laptop>
Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:38:00 -0700
From:   Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To:     Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] cpumask: Introduce for_each_cpu_andnot()

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 06:58:09PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> for_each_cpu_and() is very convenient as it saves having to allocate a
> temporary cpumask to store the result of cpumask_and(). The same issue
> applies to cpumask_andnot() which doesn't actually need temporary storage
> for iteration purposes.
> 
> Following what has been done for for_each_cpu_and(), introduce
> for_each_cpu_andnot().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>

I'm concerned that this series doesn't give us real examples and tests
for the new API. If we take it as-is, we'll end up with a dead code for
a while, quite probably for long.

Can you please submit a new code with a real application for the new API?
Alternatively, you can rework some existing code.

Briefly grepping, I found good candidate in a core code: __sched_core_flip(),
and one candidate in arch code: arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c: update_coregroup_mask.
I believe there are much more.

Regarding the test, I don't think it's strictly necessary to have it as soon as
we'll have real users, but it's always good to backup with tests.

Thanks,
Yury