linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 8/9] cpumask: Add initialiser CPUMASK

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Message-ID: <aMlJqDjWNyak07LX@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:27:36 +0200
From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Cc: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 8/9] cpumask: Add initialiser CPUMASK_NULL to use
 cleanup helpers

Le Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 02:35:12PM -0400, Yury Norov a écrit :
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 05:02:45PM +0000, Gabriele Monaco wrote:
> > 2025-09-15T16:04:53Z Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>:
> > > So why don't you pick the original patch instead?
> > 
> > In my opinion, the /juice/ of that patch was included with [1], here I'm just adding part of it.
> > If you prefer I can pick that patch and adapt the commit message to reflect only the part included here.
> > 
> > [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1706509267-17754-3-git-send-email-schakrabarti@linux.microsoft.com/
> 
> Yes please.

And can we rename CPUMASK_NULL to CPUMASK_VAR_NULL to avoid accidents/confusion with real
cpumasks initializations?

Thanks.

-- 
Frederic Weisbecker
SUSE Labs