linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Fix /proc/cpuinfo cpumask warning

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Message-ID: <20221012082422.uavybxdfmv4xkhxi@kamzik>
Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:24:22 +0200
From:   Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Fix /proc/cpuinfo cpumask warning

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 10:19:05AM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> Commit 78e5a3399421 ("cpumask: fix checking valid cpu range") has
> started issuing warnings[*] when cpu indices equal to nr_cpu_ids - 1
> are passed to cpumask_next* functions. seq_read_iter() and cpuinfo's
> start and next seq operations implement a pattern like
> 
>   n = cpumask_next(n - 1, mask);
>   show(n);
>   while (1) {
>       ++n;
>       n = cpumask_next(n - 1, mask);
>       if (n >= nr_cpu_ids)
>           break;
>       show(n);
>   }
> 
> which will issue the warning when reading /proc/cpuinfo. Ensure no
> warning is generated by validating the cpu index before calling
> cpumask_next().
> 
> [*] Warnings will only appear with DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
> Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
> ---

Forgot the changelog...

v2:
  - Added all the information I should have in the first place to the
    commit message [Boris]
  - Changed style of fix [Boris]

>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
> index 099b6f0d96bd..94ac02c8dd6f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
> @@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  
>  static void *c_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
>  {
> +	if (*pos >= nr_cpu_ids)
> +		return NULL;
> +
>  	*pos = cpumask_next(*pos - 1, cpu_online_mask);
>  	if ((*pos) < nr_cpu_ids)
>  		return &cpu_data(*pos);
> -- 
> 2.37.3
>