Hi Dawei, > About this case, it's kinda tricky for: > - dr_cpu_data() returns void, so alloc_cpumask_var() is no go. > > - No idea of the calling context of dr_cpu_data(). IIUC, > dr_cpu_data() > ->dr_cpu_configure() > ->kzalloc(resp_len, GFP_KERNEL) > So I guess it's in process context? > If consumption above is OK, a simple but _ugly_ solution could be: > > diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c > index ffdc15588ac2..c9e4ebdccf49 100644 > --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c > +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c > @@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ static void dr_cpu_data(struct ds_info *dp, struct ds_cap_state *cp, void *buf, > struct dr_cpu_tag *tag = (struct dr_cpu_tag *) (data + 1); > u32 *cpu_list = (u32 *) (tag + 1); > u64 req_num = tag->req_num; > - cpumask_t mask; > + static DEFINE_MUTEX(mask_lock); > + static cpumask_t mask; > unsigned int i; > int err; > > @@ -651,6 +652,8 @@ static void dr_cpu_data(struct ds_info *dp, struct ds_cap_state *cp, void *buf, > > purge_dups(cpu_list, tag->num_records); > > + mutex_lock(&mask_lock); > + > cpumask_clear(&mask); > for (i = 0; i < tag->num_records; i++) { > if (cpu_list[i] == CPU_SENTINEL) > @@ -665,6 +668,8 @@ static void dr_cpu_data(struct ds_info *dp, struct ds_cap_state *cp, void *buf, > else > err = dr_cpu_unconfigure(dp, cp, req_num, &mask); > > + mutex_unlock(&mask_lock); > + > if (err) > dr_cpu_send_error(dp, cp, data); > } > > How does it sound to you? This introduces too much complexity to solve a potential stack issue. If an improvement is required, then we need a simpler solution. > > > kernel/leon_kernel.c: cpumask_t mask; > > It's in irqchip::irq_set_affinity(), which is in atomic context(raw spinlock(s) held), > so dynamic allocation is not a good idea. > > My proposal(*untested*) is somewhat complicated for it introduces a new helper. > > diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_kernel.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_kernel.c > index 4c61da491fee..6eced7acb8bc 100644 > --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_kernel.c > +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_kernel.c > @@ -104,15 +104,25 @@ unsigned long leon_get_irqmask(unsigned int irq) > } > > #ifdef CONFIG_SMP > + > +static bool cpumask_include(const struct cpumask *srcp1, const struct cpumask *srcp2) > +{ > + unsigned int cpu; > + > + for_each_cpu(cpu, srcp2) { > + if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, srcp1)) > + return false; > + } > + > + return true; > +} > + > static int irq_choose_cpu(const struct cpumask *affinity) > { > - cpumask_t mask; > + unsigned int cpu = cpumask_first_and(affinity, cpu_online_mask); > > - cpumask_and(&mask, cpu_online_mask, affinity); > - if (cpumask_equal(&mask, cpu_online_mask) || cpumask_empty(&mask)) > - return boot_cpu_id; > - else > - return cpumask_first(&mask); > + return cpumask_include(affinity, cpu_online_mask) || cpu >= nr_cpu_ids ? > + boot_cpu_id : cpu; > } I think something like the following should do the trick. if (cpumask_equal(affinity, cpu_online_mask)) return boot_cpu_id; cpuid = cpumask_first_and(affinity, cpu_online_mask); if (cpuid < nr_cpu_ids) return cpuid; else return boot_cpu_id; If the passed affinity equals the online cpu's, then use the boot cpu. Else, use the first online cpu in the affinity mask. If none found use the boot cpu. > #else > #define irq_choose_cpu(affinity) boot_cpu_id > > Is it OK? > > [cc Yury for bitmap API] > > > kernel/leon_smp.c:static void leon_cross_call(void *func, cpumask_t mask, unsigned long arg1, > > kernel/sun4d_smp.c:static void sun4d_cross_call(void *func, cpumask_t mask, unsigned long arg1, Looks simple, just pass a pointer and not by value. > > Actually I am awared of existence of (at least some of) them, but so far I > have not found a _proper_ way of dealing with them(especially for case of > ds.c). > > Please lemme dig into it. Looks forward to next iteration. Sam