On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 08:51:07PM +0800, Dawei Li wrote:
> For CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y kernel, explicit allocation of cpumask
> variable on stack is not recommended since it can cause potential stack
> overflow.
>
> Instead, kernel code should always use *cpumask_var API(s) to allocate
> cpumask var in config-neutral way, leaving allocation strategy to
> CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK.
>
> But dynamic allocation in cpuhp's teardown callback is somewhat problematic
> for if allocation fails(which is unlikely but still possible):
> - If -ENOMEM is returned to caller, kernel crashes for non-bringup
> teardown;
> - If callback pretends nothing happened and returns 0 to caller, it may
> trap system into an in-consisitent/compromised state;
>
> Use newly-introduced cpumask_any_and_but() to address all issues above.
> It eliminates usage of temporary cpumask var in generic way, no matter how
> the cpumask var is allocated.
>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <dawei.li@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
The logic looks good to me, but I'd like the commit message updated the same as
per my comment on patch 2.
With that commit message:
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Mark.
> ---
> drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c
> index 04031450d5fe..ccc9191ad1b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c
> @@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ int hisi_uncore_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
> {
> struct hisi_pmu *hisi_pmu = hlist_entry_safe(node, struct hisi_pmu,
> node);
> - cpumask_t pmu_online_cpus;
> unsigned int target;
>
> if (!cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu(cpu, &hisi_pmu->associated_cpus))
> @@ -518,9 +517,8 @@ int hisi_uncore_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
> hisi_pmu->on_cpu = -1;
>
> /* Choose a new CPU to migrate ownership of the PMU to */
> - cpumask_and(&pmu_online_cpus, &hisi_pmu->associated_cpus,
> - cpu_online_mask);
> - target = cpumask_any_but(&pmu_online_cpus, cpu);
> + target = cpumask_any_and_but(&hisi_pmu->associated_cpus,
> + cpu_online_mask, cpu);
> if (target >= nr_cpu_ids)
> return 0;
>
> --
> 2.27.0
>
