[PATCH 2/2] taskstats: fold the two cpumask handlers into one

From: Bradley Morgan

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 16:23:22 EST


cmd_attr_register_cpumask() and cmd_attr_deregister_cpumask() differed
only in which attribute they parsed and which action they passed on, so
take both as arguments. __free(free_cpumask_var) then removes the goto.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/taskstats.c | 38 ++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index e7f8e1b5d1bc..3ae1755ca1b5 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -449,36 +449,18 @@ static int cgroupstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
return send_reply(rep_skb, info);
}

-static int cmd_attr_register_cpumask(struct genl_info *info)
+static int cmd_attr_cpumask(struct genl_info *info, int attr,
+ enum actions action)
{
- cpumask_var_t mask;
+ cpumask_var_t mask __free(free_cpumask_var) = CPUMASK_VAR_NULL;
int rc;

if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL))
return -ENOMEM;
- rc = parse(info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_REGISTER_CPUMASK], mask);
+ rc = parse(info->attrs[attr], mask);
if (rc < 0)
- goto out;
- rc = add_del_listener(info->snd_portid, mask, REGISTER);
-out:
- free_cpumask_var(mask);
- return rc;
-}
-
-static int cmd_attr_deregister_cpumask(struct genl_info *info)
-{
- cpumask_var_t mask;
- int rc;
-
- if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL))
- return -ENOMEM;
- rc = parse(info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_DEREGISTER_CPUMASK], mask);
- if (rc < 0)
- goto out;
- rc = add_del_listener(info->snd_portid, mask, DEREGISTER);
-out:
- free_cpumask_var(mask);
- return rc;
+ return rc;
+ return add_del_listener(info->snd_portid, mask, action);
}

static size_t taskstats_packet_size(void)
@@ -553,9 +535,13 @@ static int cmd_attr_tgid(struct genl_info *info)
static int taskstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
{
if (info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_REGISTER_CPUMASK])
- return cmd_attr_register_cpumask(info);
+ return cmd_attr_cpumask(info,
+ TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_REGISTER_CPUMASK,
+ REGISTER);
else if (info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_DEREGISTER_CPUMASK])
- return cmd_attr_deregister_cpumask(info);
+ return cmd_attr_cpumask(info,
+ TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_DEREGISTER_CPUMASK,
+ DEREGISTER);
else if (info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID])
return cmd_attr_pid(info);
else if (info->attrs[TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_TGID])
--
2.47.3