The patch titled cpusets: allow empty {cpus,mems}_allowed to be set for unpopulated cpuset has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is cpusets-allow-empty-cpusmems_allowed-to-be-set-for.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: cpusets: allow empty {cpus,mems}_allowed to be set for unpopulated cpuset From: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> You currently cannot remove all cpus or mems from cpus_allowed or mems_allowed of a cpuset. We now allow both if there are no attached tasks. Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cpuset.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/cpuset.c~cpusets-allow-empty-cpusmems_allowed-to-be-set-for kernel/cpuset.c --- a/kernel/cpuset.c~cpusets-allow-empty-cpusmems_allowed-to-be-set-for +++ a/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -766,11 +766,22 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset return -EACCES; trialcs = *cs; - retval = cpulist_parse(buf, trialcs.cpus_allowed); - if (retval < 0) - return retval; + + /* + * We allow a cpuset's cpus_allowed to be empty; if it has attached + * tasks, we'll catch it later when we validate the change and return + * -ENOSPC. + */ + if (!*buf) { + cpus_clear(trialcs.cpus_allowed); + } else { + retval = cpulist_parse(buf, trialcs.cpus_allowed); + if (retval < 0) + return retval; + } cpus_and(trialcs.cpus_allowed, trialcs.cpus_allowed, cpu_online_map); - if (cpus_empty(trialcs.cpus_allowed)) + /* cpus_allowed cannot be empty for a cpuset with attached tasks. */ + if (atomic_read(&cs->count) && cpus_empty(trialcs.cpus_allowed)) return -ENOSPC; retval = validate_change(cs, &trialcs); if (retval < 0) @@ -860,16 +871,27 @@ static int update_nodemask(struct cpuset return -EACCES; trialcs = *cs; - retval = nodelist_parse(buf, trialcs.mems_allowed); - if (retval < 0) - goto done; + + /* + * We allow a cpuset's mems_allowed to be empty; if it has attached + * tasks, we'll catch it later when we validate the change and return + * -ENOSPC. + */ + if (!*buf) { + nodes_clear(trialcs.mems_allowed); + } else { + retval = nodelist_parse(buf, trialcs.mems_allowed); + if (retval < 0) + goto done; + } nodes_and(trialcs.mems_allowed, trialcs.mems_allowed, node_online_map); oldmem = cs->mems_allowed; if (nodes_equal(oldmem, trialcs.mems_allowed)) { retval = 0; /* Too easy - nothing to do */ goto done; } - if (nodes_empty(trialcs.mems_allowed)) { + /* mems_allowed cannot be empty for a cpuset with attached tasks. */ + if (atomic_read(&cs->count) && nodes_empty(trialcs.mems_allowed)) { retval = -ENOSPC; goto done; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch i386-add-ptep_test_and_clear_dirtyyoung.patch i386-use-pte_update_defer-in-ptep_test_and_clear_dirtyyoung.patch smaps-extract-pmd-walker-from-smaps-code.patch smaps-add-pages-referenced-count-to-smaps.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference.patch cpusets-allow-tif_memdie-threads-to-allocate-anywhere.patch mm-fix-handling-of-panic_on_oom-when-cpusets-are-in-use.patch oom-fix-constraint-deadlock.patch git-cpufreq.patch maps2-uninline-some-functions-in-the-page-walker.patch maps2-eliminate-the-pmd_walker-struct-in-the-page-walker.patch maps2-remove-vma-from-args-in-the-page-walker.patch maps2-propagate-errors-from-callback-in-page-walker.patch maps2-add-callbacks-for-each-level-to-page-walker.patch maps2-move-the-page-walker-code-to-lib.patch maps2-simplify-interdependence-of-proc-pid-maps-and-smaps.patch maps2-move-clear_refs-code-to-task_mmuc.patch maps2-regroup-task_mmu-by-interface.patch maps2-make-proc-pid-smaps-optional-under-config_embedded.patch maps2-make-proc-pid-clear_refs-option-under-config_embedded.patch maps2-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface.patch maps2-add-proc-kpagemap-interface.patch cpusets-allow-empty-cpusmems_allowed-to-be-set-for.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html