Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched/deadline: Use cpumask_weight_and in dl_bw_cpus

From: Peter Zijlstra

Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 09:11:54 EST


On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 03:33:42PM +0530, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> - cpumask_subset(a,b) -> cpumask_weight(a) should be same as
> cpumask_weight_and(a,b)
>
> - for_each_cpu_and(a,b) to count cpus could be replaced by
> cpumask_weight_and(a,b)
>
> No Functional Change. It could save a few cycles since cpumask_weight_and
> would be more efficient. Plus one less stack variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/deadline.c | 11 +----------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> index 8b7c4ee41fd8..a18f64b2e47c 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> @@ -125,20 +125,11 @@ static inline struct dl_bw *dl_bw_of(int i)
> static inline int dl_bw_cpus(int i)
> {
> struct root_domain *rd = cpu_rq(i)->rd;
> - int cpus;
>
> RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_sched_held(),
> "sched RCU must be held");
>
> - if (cpumask_subset(rd->span, cpu_active_mask))
> - return cpumask_weight(rd->span);
> -
> - cpus = 0;
> -
> - for_each_cpu_and(i, rd->span, cpu_active_mask)
> - cpus++;
> -
> - return cpus;
> + return cpumask_weight_and(rd->span, cpu_active_mask);
> }

Right, let me stick that on top of the change I have in queue/sched/core