Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: Few misc cpumask code refactors

From: Yury Norov

Date: Sat Mar 28 2026 - 16:31:02 EST


On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 12:01:29PM +0530, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> A few miscellanous changes in handling cpumask api's in the order
> they appear:
>
> - cpumask_next(cpu, mask) >= nr_cpu_ids is used to determine if
> cpu is the last CPU.
>
> - cpumask_next can take -1 as valid argument. So simplify cpuinfo
> iterator. /proc/cpuinfo shows same info with patch.
>
> - cpumask_weight can't be more than nr_cpu_ids. So remove the pointless
> comparison.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c | 7 ++-----
> arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 7 +++----
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
> index b1761909c23f..47215eab296b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> seq_putc(m, '\n');
>
> /* If this is the last cpu, print the summary */
> - if (cpumask_next(cpu_id, cpu_online_mask) >= nr_cpu_ids)
> + if (cpu_id == cpumask_last(cpu_online_mask))
> show_cpuinfo_summary(m);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -331,10 +331,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>
> static void *c_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
> {
> - if (*pos == 0) /* just in case, cpu 0 is not the first */
> - *pos = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
> - else
> - *pos = cpumask_next(*pos - 1, cpu_online_mask);
> + *pos = cpumask_next(*pos - 1, cpu_online_mask);
> if ((*pos) < nr_cpu_ids)
> return (void *)(unsigned long)(*pos + 1);
> return NULL;
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
> index b6446abe29a6..91dd3b364d7d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
> @@ -548,11 +548,10 @@ static void xive_dec_target_count(int cpu)
> static int xive_find_target_in_mask(const struct cpumask *mask,
> unsigned int fuzz)
> {
> - int cpu, first, num, i;
> + int cpu, first, i;
>
> - /* Pick up a starting point CPU in the mask based on fuzz */
> - num = min_t(int, cpumask_weight(mask), nr_cpu_ids);
> - first = fuzz % num;
> + /* Pick up a starting point CPU in the mask based on fuzz */
> + first = fuzz % cpumask_weight(mask);

For this function I've got a deeper rework.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260319033647.881246-3-ynorov@xxxxxxxxxx/

For the rest:
Reviewed-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> /* Locate it */
> cpu = cpumask_first(mask);
> --
> 2.47.3