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For example: >> >> $mount -t resctrl resctrl /sys/fs/resctrl/ >> $mkdir /sys/fs/resctrl/ctrl_grp1 >> $echo 123 > /sys/fs/resctrl/ctrl_grp1/tasks >> $echo 456 > /sys/fs/resctrl/ctrl_grp1/tasks >> $echo 789 > /sys/fs/resctrl/ctrl_grp1/tasks >> >> This is not user-friendly when dealing with hundreds of tasks. >> >> Support multiple task assignment in one command with tasks ids separated >> by commas. For example: >> $echo 123,456,789 > /sys/fs/resctrl/ctrl_grp1/tasks >> >> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger >> --- >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c >> index 6ad33f355861..504137a5d31f 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c >> @@ -696,11 +696,10 @@ static ssize_t rdtgroup_tasks_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, >> char *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t off) >> { >> struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp; >> + char *pid_str; >> int ret = 0; >> pid_t pid; >> >> - if (kstrtoint(strstrip(buf), 0, &pid) || pid < 0) >> - return -EINVAL; >> rdtgrp = rdtgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn); >> if (!rdtgrp) { >> rdtgroup_kn_unlock(of->kn); >> @@ -708,16 +707,27 @@ static ssize_t rdtgroup_tasks_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, >> } >> rdt_last_cmd_clear(); >> >> - if (rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKED || >> - rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP) { >> - ret = -EINVAL; >> - rdt_last_cmd_puts("Pseudo-locking in progress\n"); >> - goto unlock; >> - } > > Please do not drop this snippet. I think there may have been misunderstanding > during previous comments - this snippet is required, it just does not need > to be run for every pid the user provides since it depends on the resource > group, not the pid. Ok. Got it. > >> + while (buf && buf[0] != '\0') { > > I think it may help to add a check for '\n' here also. It looks to me > that a user (shell) that provides "pid,", which is "pid,\n" would encounter > error and this may not actually be an error. Ok Sounds good. I have verified it. New check will look like this below. while (buf && buf[0] != '\0' && buf[0] != '\n') { > >> + pid_str = strim(strsep(&buf, ",")); >> >> - ret = rdtgroup_move_task(pid, rdtgrp, of); >> + if (kstrtoint(pid_str, 0, &pid)) { >> + rdt_last_cmd_puts("Task list parsing error\n"); >> + ret = -EINVAL; >> + break; >> + } >> >> -unlock: >> + if (pid < 0) { >> + rdt_last_cmd_printf("Invalid pid %d value\n", pid); >> + ret = -EINVAL; >> + break; >> + } > > I'm trying to image a possible error and it does not look right. For example, > the above could be "Invalid pid 123 value". How about just "Invalid pid %d". Sure. Thanks Babu