[tip:sched/core] sched/isolcpus: Output warning when the ' isolcpus=' kernel parameter is invalid

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Commit-ID:  a6e4491c682a7b28574a62e6f311a0acec50b318
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a6e4491c682a7b28574a62e6f311a0acec50b318
Author:     Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:38:00 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 08:46:38 +0100

sched/isolcpus: Output warning when the 'isolcpus=' kernel parameter is invalid

The isolcpus= kernel boot parameter restricts userspace from scheduling on
the specified CPUs.

If a CPU is specified that is outside the range of 0 to nr_cpu_ids,
cpulist_parse() will return -ERANGE, return an empty cpulist, and
fail silently.

This patch adds an error message to isolated_cpu_setup() to indicate to
the user that something has gone awry, and returns 0 on error.

Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454596680-10367-1-git-send-email-prarit@xxxxxxxxxx
[ Twiddled some details. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9503d59..24fcdbf 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6173,11 +6173,16 @@ cpu_attach_domain(struct sched_domain *sd, struct root_domain *rd, int cpu)
 /* Setup the mask of cpus configured for isolated domains */
 static int __init isolated_cpu_setup(char *str)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&cpu_isolated_map);
-	cpulist_parse(str, cpu_isolated_map);
+	ret = cpulist_parse(str, cpu_isolated_map);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("sched: Error, all isolcpus= values must be between 0 and %d\n", nr_cpu_ids);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
-
 __setup("isolcpus=", isolated_cpu_setup);
 
 struct s_data {
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