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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/cpumask.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cpumask.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h index bae6fe24d1f..4f7a6323747 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpumask.h +++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h @@ -547,6 +547,21 @@ static inline int cpumask_parse_user(const char __user *buf, int len, } /** + * cpumask_parselist_user - extract a cpumask from a user string + * @buf: the buffer to extract from + * @len: the length of the buffer + * @dstp: the cpumask to set. + * + * Returns -errno, or 0 for success. + */ +static inline int cpumask_parselist_user(const char __user *buf, int len, + struct cpumask *dstp) +{ + return bitmap_parselist_user(buf, len, cpumask_bits(dstp), + nr_cpumask_bits); +} + +/** * cpulist_scnprintf - print a cpumask into a string as comma-separated list * @buf: the buffer to sprintf into * @len: the length of the buffer @@ -602,6 +617,20 @@ static inline size_t cpumask_size(void) * ... use 'tmpmask' like a normal struct cpumask * ... * * free_cpumask_var(tmpmask); + * + * + * However, one notable exception is there. alloc_cpumask_var() allocates + * only nr_cpumask_bits bits (in the other hand, real cpumask_t always has + * NR_CPUS bits). Therefore you don't have to dereference cpumask_var_t. + * + * cpumask_var_t tmpmask; + * if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmpmask, GFP_KERNEL)) + * return -ENOMEM; + * + * var = *tmpmask; + * + * This code makes NR_CPUS length memcopy and brings to a memory corruption. + * cpumask_copy() provide safe copy functionality. */ #ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK typedef struct cpumask *cpumask_var_t; |