[PATCH v2 0/5] cpumask: cleanup nr_cpu_ids vs nr_cpumask_bits mess

From: Yury Norov
Date: Mon Sep 05 2022 - 19:08:46 EST


cpumask subsystem uses nr_cpu_ids and nr_cpumask_bits interchangeably
despite that the variables have different meaning and purpose. It makes
some cpumask functions broken.

This series cleans that mess and adds new config FORCE_NR_CPUS that
allows to optimize cpumask subsystem if the number of CPUs is known
at compile-time.

After some testing I found build broken when SMP is on and NR_CPUS == 1.
This is addressed in a new patch #1, and in the following patch #2 that
now declares set_nr_cpu_ids in cpumask.h (was in smp.h).

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220829165748.1008477-1-yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mecbd787f8d1bff1454a4ec2fe46ad6dc168df695
v2:
- don't declare nr_cpu_ids if NR_CPUS == 1;
- move set_nr_cpu_ids() from smp.h to cpumask.h to avoid errors in some
inclusion paths;
- drop 'default n' in FORCE_NR_CPUS option description;
- rebase on top of v6.0-rc4.

Yury Norov (5):
smp: don't declare nr_cpu_ids if NR_CPUS == 1
smp: add set_nr_cpu_ids()
lib/cpumask: delete misleading comment
lib/cpumask: deprecate nr_cpumask_bits
lib/cpumask: add FORCE_NR_CPUS config option

arch/loongarch/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
arch/mips/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c | 2 +-
include/linux/cpumask.h | 22 +++++++++++-----------
kernel/smp.c | 6 ++++--
lib/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
7 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

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