Re: [git pull] cpus4096 fixes

From: Mike Travis
Date: Mon Jul 28 2008 - 15:22:40 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>> Here's a trivial setup, that is even tested. It's _small_ too.
>>>
>>> /* cpu_bit_bitmap[0] is empty - so we can back into it */
>>> #define MASK_DECLARE_1(x) [x+1][0] = 1ul << (x)
>>> #define MASK_DECLARE_2(x) MASK_DECLARE_1(x), MASK_DECLARE_1(x+1)
>>> #define MASK_DECLARE_4(x) MASK_DECLARE_2(x), MASK_DECLARE_2(x+2)
>>> #define MASK_DECLARE_8(x) MASK_DECLARE_4(x), MASK_DECLARE_4(x+4)
>>>
>>> static const unsigned long cpu_bit_bitmap[BITS_PER_LONG+1][BITS_TO_LONGS(NR_CPUS)] = {
>>> MASK_DECLARE_8(0), MASK_DECLARE_8(8),
>>> MASK_DECLARE_8(16), MASK_DECLARE_8(24),
>>> #if BITS_PER_LONG > 32
>>> MASK_DECLARE_8(32), MASK_DECLARE_8(40),
>>> MASK_DECLARE_8(48), MASK_DECLARE_8(56),
>>> #endif
>>> };
>>>
>>> static inline const cpumask_t *get_cpu_mask(unsigned int nr)
>>> {
>>> const unsigned long *p = cpu_bit_bitmap[1 + nr % BITS_PER_LONG];
>>> p -= nr / BITS_PER_LONG;
>>> return (const cpumask_t *)p;
>>> }
>> Btw, Ingo, can we get this issue resolved asap, please?
>>
>> I was planning on doing -rc1 today, but this kind of hangs over me.
>> The above three lines of code (and more lines of macro initializers)
>> obviously does need some more testing, but if you hook it into the
>> other changes you already had, maybe we can get it done.
>>
>> Hmm?
>
> yeah, i'm on it. If everything goes well hopefully i'll have something
> pullable in 1-2 hours, if that's ok as a timeframe.
>
> Ingo

One problem is that the current api is cpumask_t cpumask_of_cpu(x), so
all ref's would have to be changed. (Unless there's some clever way of
defining "&cpumask_of_cpu(x)" to be get_cpu_mask(x) ...?)

Do you want me to do these changes?

Thanks,
Mike
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