Re: [PATCH 2/9] perf/arm-cmn: Avoid explicit cpumask var allocation from stack

From: Robin Murphy
Date: Fri Apr 05 2024 - 10:32:07 EST


On 2024-04-02 11:56 am, Dawei Li wrote:
For CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y kernel, explicit allocation of cpumask
variable on stack is not recommended since it can cause potential stack
overflow.

Instead, kernel code should always use *cpumask_var API(s) to allocate
cpumask var in config- neutral way, leaving allocation strategy to
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK.

Use *cpumask_var API(s) to address it.

I think the temporary mask may simply be redundant anyway. It seems like I may have misunderstood, and cpumask_of_node() actually only covers online CPUs already.

Thanks,
Robin.

Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <dawei.li@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/perf/arm-cmn.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm-cmn.c b/drivers/perf/arm-cmn.c
index 7ef9c7e4836b..7278fd72d3da 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm-cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm-cmn.c
@@ -1949,21 +1949,26 @@ static int arm_cmn_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *cpuhp_no
{
struct arm_cmn *cmn;
unsigned int target;
+ cpumask_var_t mask;
int node;
- cpumask_t mask;
cmn = hlist_entry_safe(cpuhp_node, struct arm_cmn, cpuhp_node);
if (cpu != cmn->cpu)
return 0;
+ if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL))
+ return 0;
+
node = dev_to_node(cmn->dev);
- if (cpumask_and(&mask, cpumask_of_node(node), cpu_online_mask) &&
- cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
- target = cpumask_any(&mask);
+ if (cpumask_and(mask, cpumask_of_node(node), cpu_online_mask) &&
+ cpumask_andnot(mask, mask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
+ target = cpumask_any(mask);
else
target = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, cpu);
if (target < nr_cpu_ids)
arm_cmn_migrate(cmn, target);
+
+ free_cpumask_var(mask);
return 0;
}