Re: [PATCHv6 1/2] cgroup/cpuset: Introduce cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked()

From: Waiman Long
Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 15:39:17 EST


On 11/17/25 4:27 AM, Pingfan Liu wrote:
cpuset_cpus_allowed() uses a reader lock that is sleepable under RT,
which means it cannot be called inside raw_spin_lock_t context.

Introduce a new cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked() helper that performs the
same function as cpuset_cpus_allowed() except that the caller must have
acquired the cpuset_mutex so that no further locking will be needed.

Suggested-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <piliu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: cgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/cpuset.h | 1 +
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index 2ddb256187b51..e057a3123791e 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ extern void dec_dl_tasks_cs(struct task_struct *task);
extern void cpuset_lock(void);
extern void cpuset_unlock(void);
extern void cpuset_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, struct cpumask *mask);
+extern void cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked(struct task_struct *p, struct cpumask *mask);
extern bool cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *p);
extern bool cpuset_cpu_is_isolated(int cpu);
extern nodemask_t cpuset_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *p);

Ah, the following code should be added to to !CONFIG_CPUSETS section after cpuset_cpus_allowed().

#define cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked(p, m)  cpuset_cpus_allowed(p, m)

Or you can add another inline function that just calls cpuset_cpus_allowed().

Cheers,
Longman