linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 2/7] timers: Add the available mask in timer migration

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Message-ID: <20250714133050.193108-11-gmonaco@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:30:53 +0200
From: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 2/7] timers: Add the available mask in timer migration

Keep track of the CPUs available for timer migration in a cpumask. This
prepares the ground to generalise the concept of unavailable CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/time/timer_migration.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
index 2c2c8810b8137..b4623ac3c2830 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_migration.c
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ static unsigned int tmigr_crossnode_level __read_mostly;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tmigr_cpu, tmigr_cpu);
 
+/*
+ * CPUs available for timer migration.
+ * Protected by cpuset_mutex (with cpus_read_lock held) or cpus_write_lock.
+ */
+static cpumask_var_t tmigr_available_cpumask;
+
 #define TMIGR_NONE	0xFF
 #define BIT_CNT		8
 
@@ -1446,6 +1452,7 @@ static int tmigr_clear_cpu_available(unsigned int cpu)
 	int migrator;
 	u64 firstexp;
 
+	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, tmigr_available_cpumask);
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&tmc->lock);
 	tmc->available = false;
 	WRITE_ONCE(tmc->wakeup, KTIME_MAX);
@@ -1459,7 +1466,7 @@ static int tmigr_clear_cpu_available(unsigned int cpu)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&tmc->lock);
 
 	if (firstexp != KTIME_MAX) {
-		migrator = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, cpu);
+		migrator = cpumask_any(tmigr_available_cpumask);
 		work_on_cpu(migrator, tmigr_trigger_active, NULL);
 	}
 
@@ -1474,6 +1481,7 @@ static int tmigr_set_cpu_available(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!tmc->tmgroup))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmigr_available_cpumask);
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&tmc->lock);
 	trace_tmigr_cpu_available(tmc);
 	tmc->idle = timer_base_is_idle();
@@ -1801,6 +1809,11 @@ static int __init tmigr_init(void)
 	if (ncpus == 1)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tmigr_available_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Calculate the required hierarchy levels. Unfortunately there is no
 	 * reliable information available, unless all possible CPUs have been
-- 
2.50.1