Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Add check for node passed to node_to_cpumask V3

["Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>> So if CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y, I believe we'll see first this warning,
>> then a panic (after all). Would it be better to make cpu_mask_none
>> non-const, in spirit of trying to continue as far as possible? I don't
>> really know if it matters, though. It seems that fedora kernels at
>> least ship with a default of DEBUG_RODATA=y.
>>

...

> Ingo asked me to add the "const".  But it would be a mistake to use
> node_to_cpumask_ptr to modify the map... numa_set/clear_node is the
> proper way to modify the maps.  Hmm, maybe I should add "const" to
> the real node_to_cpumask_ptr function, at least then the compiler
> would help spot illegal usages.

That sounds like a brilliant idea, as long as none of the callers
expect it to be non-const.

I changed it to return const to see, and built allmodconfig + a few
randconfigs without error (well, warning). There are not that many
users of this function anyway.

BTW, what's up with the topology.h/setup_percpu.c mismatch, when
topology.c exists as well?


Vegard

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