[PATCH 13/33] cpuset: Update HK_TYPE_DOMAIN cpumask from cpuset

Frederic Weisbecker frederic at kernel.org
Wed Nov 5 07:57:48 PST 2025


Le Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 08:59:51AM -0400, Phil Auld a écrit :
> > +int housekeeping_update(struct cpumask *mask, enum hk_type type)
> > +{
> > +	struct cpumask *trial, *old = NULL;
> > +
> > +	if (type != HK_TYPE_DOMAIN)
> > +		return -ENOTSUPP;
> > +
> > +	trial = kmalloc(sizeof(*trial), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!trial)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	cpumask_andnot(trial, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT), mask);
> > +	if (!cpumask_intersects(trial, cpu_online_mask)) {
> > +		kfree(trial);
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (!housekeeping.flags)
> > +		static_branch_enable(&housekeeping_overridden);
> > +
> > +	if (!(housekeeping.flags & BIT(type)))
> > +		old = housekeeping_cpumask_dereference(type);
> > +	else
> > +		WRITE_ONCE(housekeeping.flags, housekeeping.flags | BIT(type));
> 
> Isn't this backwards?   If the bit is not set you save old to free it
> and if the bit is set you set it again.

That's completely backward!

Thanks for pointing out!

-- 
Frederic Weisbecker
SUSE Labs



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