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Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2023 13:45:21 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To:     Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] lib/group_cpus: optimize inner loop in
 grp_spread_init_one()
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On Thu,  7 Dec 2023 12:38:57 -0800 Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> wrote:

> The loop starts from the beginning every time we switch to the next
> sibling mask. This is the Schlemiel the Painter's style of coding
> because we know for sure that nmsk is clear up to current CPU, and we
> can just continue from the next CPU.
> 
> Also, we can do it nicer if leverage the dedicated for_each() iterator.
> 
> --- a/lib/group_cpus.c
> +++ b/lib/group_cpus.c
> @@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ static void grp_spread_init_one(struct cpumask *irqmsk, struct cpumask *nmsk,
>  
>  		/* If the cpu has siblings, use them first */
>  		siblmsk = topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu);
> -		for (sibl = -1; cpus_per_grp > 0; ) {
> -			sibl = cpumask_next(sibl, siblmsk);
> -			if (sibl >= nr_cpu_ids)
> -				break;

I assume this test goes away because the iterator takes care of it?

> +		sibl = cpu + 1;
> +
> +		for_each_cpu_and_from(sibl, siblmsk, nmsk) {
>  			__cpumask_clear_cpu(sibl, nmsk);
>  			__cpumask_set_cpu(sibl, irqmsk);
> -			cpus_per_grp--;
> +			if (cpus_per_grp-- == 0)
> +				return;
>  		}
>  	}
>  }