On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:24:12 +0200
Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> on_each_cpu_mask calls a function on processors specified my cpumask,
> which may include the local processor.
>
> All the limitation specified in smp_call_function_many apply.
>
> ...
>
> --- a/include/linux/smp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/smp.h
> @@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ static inline void call_function_init(void) { }
> int on_each_cpu(smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait);
>
> /*
> + * Call a function on processors specified by mask, which might include
> + * the local one.
> + */
> +void on_each_cpu_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, void (*func)(void *),
> + void *info, bool wait);
> +
> +/*
> * Mark the boot cpu "online" so that it can call console drivers in
> * printk() and can access its per-cpu storage.
> */
> @@ -132,6 +139,15 @@ static inline int up_smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info)
> local_irq_enable(); \
> 0; \
> })
> +#define on_each_cpu_mask(mask, func, info, wait) \
> + do { \
> + if (cpumask_test_cpu(0, (mask))) { \
> + local_irq_disable(); \
> + (func)(info); \
> + local_irq_enable(); \
> + } \
> + } while (0)
Why is the cpumask_test_cpu() call there? It's hard to think of a
reason why "mask" would specify any CPU other than "0" in a
uniprocessor kernel.
If this code remains as-is, please add a comment here explaining this,
so others don't wonder the same thing.
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