linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] cpumask: cleanup nr_cpu_ids vs nr_cpumask

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:45:49 -0700
From:   Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Sander Vanheule <sander@...nheule.net>,
        Alexey Klimov <klimov.linux@...il.com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] cpumask: cleanup nr_cpu_ids vs nr_cpumask_bits
 mess

On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 04:08:15PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> cpumask subsystem uses nr_cpu_ids and nr_cpumask_bits interchangeably
> despite that the variables have different meaning and purpose. It makes
> some cpumask functions broken.
> 
> This series cleans that mess and adds new config FORCE_NR_CPUS that
> allows to optimize cpumask subsystem if the number of CPUs is known
> at compile-time.
> 
> After some testing I found build broken when SMP is on and NR_CPUS == 1.
> This is addressed in a new patch #1, and in the following patch #2 that
> now declares set_nr_cpu_ids in cpumask.h (was in smp.h).
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220829165748.1008477-1-yury.norov@gmail.com/T/#mecbd787f8d1bff1454a4ec2fe46ad6dc168df695
> v2:
>  - don't declare nr_cpu_ids if NR_CPUS == 1;
>  - move set_nr_cpu_ids() from smp.h to cpumask.h to avoid errors in some
>    inclusion paths;
>  - drop 'default n' in FORCE_NR_CPUS option description;
>  - rebase on top of v6.0-rc4.

Any more comments? If not, I'd like to move it into bitmap-for-next.