[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/xive: rework xive_find_target_in_mask()
Shrikanth Hegde
sshegde at linux.ibm.com
Sun Mar 29 20:13:27 AEDT 2026
Hi Yury.
On 3/19/26 9:06 AM, Yury Norov wrote:
> Switch the function to using modern cpumask API and drop most of the
> housekeeping code.
>
> Notice, if first >= nr_cpu_ids, for_each_cpu_wrap() iterator behaves just
> like for_each_cpu(), i.e. begins from 0. So even if WARN_ON() is triggered,
> no special handling is needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov at nvidia.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 31 ++++++-------------------------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
> index e91ec9036ad8..4e05f678e171 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
> @@ -548,40 +548,21 @@ static void xive_dec_target_count(int cpu)
> static int xive_find_target_in_mask(const struct cpumask *mask,
> unsigned int fuzz)
> {
> - int cpu, first, num, i;
> + int cpu, first;
>
> /* Pick up a starting point CPU in the mask based on fuzz */
> - num = cpumask_weight(mask);
> - first = fuzz % num;
> -
> - /* Locate it */
> - cpu = cpumask_first(mask);
> - for (i = 0; i < first && cpu < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
> - cpu = cpumask_next(cpu, mask);
> -
> - /* Sanity check */
> - if (WARN_ON(cpu >= nr_cpu_ids))
> - cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
> -
> - /* Remember first one to handle wrap-around */
> - first = cpu;
> + fuzz %= cpumask_weight(mask);
> + first = cpumask_nth(fuzz, mask);
> + WARN_ON(first >= nr_cpu_ids);
>
> /*
> * Now go through the entire mask until we find a valid
> * target.
> */
> - do {
> - /*
> - * We re-check online as the fallback case passes us
> - * an untested affinity mask
> - */
> + for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, mask, first) {
> if (cpu_online(cpu) && xive_try_pick_target(cpu))
> return cpu;
> - cpu = cpumask_next(cpu, mask);
> - /* Wrap around */
> - if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
> - cpu = cpumask_first(mask);
> - } while (cpu != first);
> + }
>
> return -1;
> }
Only concern i have, (which could potentially leads to while(1) loop
today if it), is if mask is empty. atleast for_each_cpu_wrap will not
be a while(1) loop.
So, IMO this is better than what we have today.
nit: maybe a good to add a WARN_ON(cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) in the end.
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde at linux.ibm.com>
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