linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] bitmap: introduce find_random

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Message-ID: <aFa_2D584do5p8ne@yury>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:21:12 -0400
From: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] bitmap: introduce find_random_bit() and use in
 clocksource

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:37:07PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 19 2025 at 14:26, Yury Norov wrote:
> > nodemasks implement node_random(), which may also be useful for other
> > subsystems. Generalize the function, and propagate to cpumask API.
> >
> > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250604212125.25656-1-yury.norov@gmail.com/
> > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250608194536.28130-1-yury.norov@gmail.com/
> > v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250617200854.60753-1-yury.norov@gmail.com/
> > v4: return NUMA_NO_NODES instead of MAX_NUMNODES in node_random() (Andrew)
> >
> > Yury Norov [NVIDIA] (3):
> >   bitmap: generalize node_random()
> >   cpumask: introduce cpumask_random()
> >   clocksource: Improve randomness in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()
> 
> Assuming this goes through the bitmap tree, for the clocksource change:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Thanks, applying in bitmap-for-next for testing.