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authorAnton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>2012-05-31 16:26:26 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-05-31 17:49:30 -0700
commite4cc2f873ad0833aa5c4aca56bebe15b9603a1e7 (patch)
treef649dffdeb819f64434362f93cb42a7506866751 /kernel
parent2c922c51e6924298f8271d75732964f1ffdecaf2 (diff)
kernel/cpu.c: document clear_tasks_mm_cpumask()
Add more comments on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask, plus adds a runtime check: the function is only suitable for offlined CPUs, and if called inappropriately, the kernel should scream aloud. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak comment: s/walks up/walks/, use 80 cols] Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/cpu.c18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 0575197deb4..a4eb5227a19 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/oom.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -175,6 +176,18 @@ void __ref unregister_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_cpu_notifier);
+/**
+ * clear_tasks_mm_cpumask - Safely clear tasks' mm_cpumask for a CPU
+ * @cpu: a CPU id
+ *
+ * This function walks all processes, finds a valid mm struct for each one and
+ * then clears a corresponding bit in mm's cpumask. While this all sounds
+ * trivial, there are various non-obvious corner cases, which this function
+ * tries to solve in a safe manner.
+ *
+ * Also note that the function uses a somewhat relaxed locking scheme, so it may
+ * be called only for an already offlined CPU.
+ */
void clear_tasks_mm_cpumask(int cpu)
{
struct task_struct *p;
@@ -186,10 +199,15 @@ void clear_tasks_mm_cpumask(int cpu)
* Thus, we may use rcu_read_lock() here, instead of grabbing
* full-fledged tasklist_lock.
*/
+ WARN_ON(cpu_online(cpu));
rcu_read_lock();
for_each_process(p) {
struct task_struct *t;
+ /*
+ * Main thread might exit, but other threads may still have
+ * a valid mm. Find one.
+ */
t = find_lock_task_mm(p);
if (!t)
continue;