cpumask: add cpumask_var_t documentation
cpumask_var_t has one notable difference from cpumask_t. Add the explanation. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -617,6 +617,20 @@ static inline size_t cpumask_size(void)
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* ... use 'tmpmask' like a normal struct cpumask * ...
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* ... use 'tmpmask' like a normal struct cpumask * ...
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* free_cpumask_var(tmpmask);
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* free_cpumask_var(tmpmask);
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* However, one notable exception is there. alloc_cpumask_var() allocates
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* only nr_cpumask_bits bits (in the other hand, real cpumask_t always has
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* NR_CPUS bits). Therefore you don't have to dereference cpumask_var_t.
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* cpumask_var_t tmpmask;
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* if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmpmask, GFP_KERNEL))
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* return -ENOMEM;
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* var = *tmpmask;
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* This code makes NR_CPUS length memcopy and brings to a memory corruption.
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* cpumask_copy() provide safe copy functionality.
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*/
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#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
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#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
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typedef struct cpumask *cpumask_var_t;
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typedef struct cpumask *cpumask_var_t;
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