Re: [PATCH 1/5] random: fix try_to_generate_entropy() if no further cpus set

[Yury Norov]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 12:06:47AM +0800, Vernon Yang wrote:
> After commit 596ff4a09b89 ("cpumask: re-introduce constant-sized cpumask
> optimizations"), when NR_CPUS <= BITS_PER_LONG, small_cpumask_bits used
> a macro instead of variable-sized for efficient.
> 
> If no further cpus set, the cpumask_next() returns small_cpumask_bits,
> it must greater than or equal to nr_cpumask_bits, so fix it to correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vernon Yang <vernon2gm@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi Vernon,

In all that cases, nr_cpu_ids must be used. The difference is that
nr_cpumask_bits is an upper limit for possible CPUs, and it's derived
from compile-time NR_CPUS, unless CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled.

nr_cpu_ids is an actual number of CPUS as counted on boot.

So, nr_cpu_ids is always equal or less than nr_cpumask_bits, and we'd
compare with the smaller number.

Nor sure, but maybe it's worth to introduce a macro like:
 #define valid_cpuid(cpu) (cpu) < nr_cpu_ids

Thanks,
Yury
> ---
>  drivers/char/random.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
> index ce3ccd172cc8..d76f12a5f74f 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/random.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/random.c
> @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ static void __cold try_to_generate_entropy(void)
>  			/* Basic CPU round-robin, which avoids the current CPU. */
>  			do {
>  				cpu = cpumask_next(cpu, &timer_cpus);
> -				if (cpu == nr_cpumask_bits)
> +				if (cpu >= nr_cpumask_bits)
>  					cpu = cpumask_first(&timer_cpus);
>  			} while (cpu == smp_processor_id() && num_cpus > 1);
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1