Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/apic: Fix ugly casting and branching incpu_mask_to_apicid_and()

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Jun 14 2012 - 09:00:09 EST


On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 09:49 +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
[]
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
[]
> @@ -2127,19 +2127,19 @@ int default_cpu_mask_to_apicid_and(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
> const struct cpumask *andmask,
> unsigned int *apicid)
> {
> - int cpu;
> + unsigned int cpu;
>
> for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpumask, andmask) {
> if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_online_mask))
> break;
> }
>
> - if (likely((unsigned int)cpu < nr_cpu_ids)) {
> + if (likely(cpu < nr_cpu_ids)) {
> *apicid = per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu);
> return 0;
> - } else {
> - return -EINVAL;
> }
> +
> + return -EINVAL;

I think you should reverse the test and make the
expected common case the normal non-indented return.

if (unlikely(cpu >= nr_cpu_ids))
return -EINVAL;

*apicid = per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu);
return 0;
}

Perhaps the unlikely isn't necessary.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
[]
> @@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ uv_cpu_mask_to_apicid_and(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
> break;
> }
>
> - if (likely((unsigned int)cpu < nr_cpu_ids)) {
> + if (likely(cpu < nr_cpu_ids)) {
> *apicid = per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu) | uv_apicid_hibits;
> return 0;
> - } else {
> - return -EINVAL;
> }
> +
> + return -EINVAL;

here too

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