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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:35:10 +0100
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: Dawei Li <dawei.li@shingroup.cn>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] perf/hisi_pcie: Avoid placing cpumask var on
 stack
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On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 08:51:06PM +0800, Dawei Li wrote:
> For CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y kernel, explicit allocation of cpumask
> variable on stack is not recommended since it can cause potential stack
> overflow.
> 
> Instead, kernel code should always use *cpumask_var API(s) to allocate
> cpumask var in config-neutral way, leaving allocation strategy to
> CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK.
> 
> But dynamic allocation in cpuhp's teardown callback is somewhat problematic
> for if allocation fails(which is unlikely but still possible):
> - If -ENOMEM is returned to caller, kernel crashes for non-bringup
>   teardown;
> - If callback pretends nothing happened and returns 0 to caller, it may
>   trap system into an in-consisitent/compromised state;
> 
> Use newly-introduced cpumask_any_and_but() to address all issues above.
> It eliminates usage of temporary cpumask var in generic way, no matter how
> the cpumask var is allocated.
> 
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <dawei.li@shingroup.cn>

The logic looks good to me, but I'd like the commit message updated the same as
per my comment on patch 2.

With that commit message:

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
>  drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_pcie_pmu.c | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_pcie_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_pcie_pmu.c
> index 5d1f0e9fdb08..06b192cc31d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_pcie_pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_pcie_pmu.c
> @@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ static int hisi_pcie_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
>  {
>  	struct hisi_pcie_pmu *pcie_pmu = hlist_entry_safe(node, struct hisi_pcie_pmu, node);
>  	unsigned int target;
> -	cpumask_t mask;
>  	int numa_node;
>  
>  	/* Nothing to do if this CPU doesn't own the PMU */
> @@ -684,10 +683,10 @@ static int hisi_pcie_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
>  
>  	/* Choose a local CPU from all online cpus. */
>  	numa_node = dev_to_node(&pcie_pmu->pdev->dev);
> -	if (cpumask_and(&mask, cpumask_of_node(numa_node), cpu_online_mask) &&
> -	    cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, cpumask_of(cpu)))
> -		target = cpumask_any(&mask);
> -	else
> +
> +	target = cpumask_any_and_but(cpumask_of_node(numa_node),
> +				     cpu_online_mask, cpu);
> +	if (target >= nr_cpu_ids)
>  		target = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, cpu);
>  
>  	if (target >= nr_cpu_ids) {
> -- 
> 2.27.0
>