The patch titled cpuset: remove unneeded NODEMASK_ALLOC() in cpuset_sprintf_memlist() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is cpuset-remove-unneeded-nodemask_alloc-in-cpuset_sprintf_memlist.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: cpuset: remove unneeded NODEMASK_ALLOC() in cpuset_sprintf_memlist() From: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> It's not necessary to copy cpuset->mems_allowed to a buffer allocated by NODEMASK_ALLOC(). Just pass it to nodelist_scnprintf(). Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miao Xie <miaox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cpuset.c | 10 +--------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/cpuset.c~cpuset-remove-unneeded-nodemask_alloc-in-cpuset_sprintf_memlist kernel/cpuset.c --- a/kernel/cpuset.c~cpuset-remove-unneeded-nodemask_alloc-in-cpuset_sprintf_memlist +++ a/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -1620,20 +1620,12 @@ static int cpuset_sprintf_cpulist(char * static int cpuset_sprintf_memlist(char *page, struct cpuset *cs) { - NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, mask, GFP_KERNEL); int retval; - if (mask == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; - mutex_lock(&callback_mutex); - *mask = cs->mems_allowed; + retval = nodelist_scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, cs->mems_allowed); mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex); - retval = nodelist_scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, *mask); - - NODEMASK_FREE(mask); - return retval; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-notifier_from_errno-cleanup.patch cgroup-remove-the-ns_cgroup.patch cpuset-remove-unneeded-nodemask_alloc-in-cpuset_sprintf_memlist.patch cpuset-remove-unneeded-nodemask_alloc-in-cpuset_attch.patch cpuset-fix-unchecked-calls-to-nodemask_alloc.patch cpuset-fix-unchecked-calls-to-nodemask_alloc-fix.patch cpuset-hold-callback_mutex-in-cpuset_clone.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