[PATCH 7/9] lib/cpumask: add num_{possible,present,active}_cpus_{eq,gt,le}

Michał Mirosław mirq-linux at rere.qmqm.pl
Sat Nov 27 20:56:51 PST 2021


On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 07:57:02PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> Add num_{possible,present,active}_cpus_{eq,gt,le} and replace num_*_cpus()
> with one of new functions where appropriate. This allows num_*_cpus_*()
> to return earlier depending on the condition.
[...]
> @@ -3193,7 +3193,7 @@ int __init pcpu_page_first_chunk(size_t reserved_size,
>  
>  	/* allocate pages */
>  	j = 0;
> -	for (unit = 0; unit < num_possible_cpus(); unit++) {
> +	for (unit = 0; num_possible_cpus_gt(unit); unit++) {

This looks dubious. The old version I could hope the compiler would call
num_possible_cpus() only once if it's marked const or pure, but the
alternative is going to count the bits every time making this a guaranteed
O(n^2) even though the bitmap doesn't change.

Best Regards
Michał Mirosław



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