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Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of running thread

From Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of running thread
Date 2016-01-27 18:30 +0100
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On Wed, 27 Jan 2016, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> +/*
> + * sys_getcpu_cache - setup getcpu cache for caller thread
> + */
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getcpu_cache, int32_t __user **, cpu_cachep, int, flags)
> +{
> +	int32_t __user *cpu_cache;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(flags))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	/* Check if cpu_cache is already registered. */
> +	if (current->cpu_cache) {
> +		if (put_user(current->cpu_cache, cpu_cachep))
> +			return -EFAULT;
> +		return 0;
> +	}

This is really odd. How is the caller supposed to differentiate between:

  1) Get the installed cpucache pointer

  2) Set the cpucache pointer

We really want clearly seperated functionality here.

   getcpu_cache(ptr, GET_CACHEP);
   
and   

   getcpu_cache(ptr, SET_CACHEP);

    Returns -EBUSY if current->cpu_cache is already set, except we allow
    replacing the pointer.  

Thanks,

	tglx

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[RFC PATCH v2 0/3] getcpu_cache system call Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 18:00 +0100
  [RFC PATCH v2 3/3] getcpu_cache: wire up x86 32/64 system call Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 18:00 +0100
  [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of running thread Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 18:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-01-27 18:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of  running thread Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2016-01-27 19:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 19:50 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of  running thread Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2016-01-27 20:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 22:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of  running thread Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2016-01-27 22:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of  running thread Andrew Hunter <ahh@google.com> - 2016-01-27 19:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-01-27 18:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 22:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number  of running thread Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number of  running thread Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2016-01-27 18:30 +0100

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