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yaml
---
r: 109788
b: refs/heads/master
c: 4e74339
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dea420ce0e2973e8ef1fd11fde6804c8d03a82ad
+refs/heads/master: 4e74339af6a59c061cf02f1ac497766bca1de19a

trunk/kernel/cpuset.c

@@ -843,37 +843,25 @@ static void cpuset_change_cpumask(struct task_struct *tsk,
 /**
  * update_tasks_cpumask - Update the cpumasks of tasks in the cpuset.
  * @cs: the cpuset in which each task's cpus_allowed mask needs to be changed
+ * @heap: if NULL, defer allocating heap memory to cgroup_scan_tasks()
  *
  * Called with cgroup_mutex held
  *
  * The cgroup_scan_tasks() function will scan all the tasks in a cgroup,
  * calling callback functions for each.
  *
- * Return 0 if successful, -errno if not.
+ * No return value. It's guaranteed that cgroup_scan_tasks() always returns 0
+ * if @heap != NULL.
  */
-static int update_tasks_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs)
+static void update_tasks_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct ptr_heap *heap)
 {
 	struct cgroup_scanner scan;
-	struct ptr_heap heap;
-	int retval;
-
-	/*
-	 * cgroup_scan_tasks() will initialize heap->gt for us.
-	 * heap_init() is still needed here for we should not change
-	 * cs->cpus_allowed when heap_init() fails.
-	 */
-	retval = heap_init(&heap, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
 
 	scan.cg = cs->css.cgroup;
 	scan.test_task = cpuset_test_cpumask;
 	scan.process_task = cpuset_change_cpumask;
-	scan.heap = &heap;
-	retval = cgroup_scan_tasks(&scan);
-
-	heap_free(&heap);
-	return retval;
+	scan.heap = heap;
+	cgroup_scan_tasks(&scan);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -883,6 +871,7 @@ static int update_tasks_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs)
  */
 static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, const char *buf)
 {
+	struct ptr_heap heap;
 	struct cpuset trialcs;
 	int retval;
 	int is_load_balanced;
@@ -917,6 +906,10 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, const char *buf)
 	if (cpus_equal(cs->cpus_allowed, trialcs.cpus_allowed))
 		return 0;
 
+	retval = heap_init(&heap, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+
 	is_load_balanced = is_sched_load_balance(&trialcs);
 
 	mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
@@ -927,9 +920,9 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, const char *buf)
 	 * Scan tasks in the cpuset, and update the cpumasks of any
 	 * that need an update.
 	 */
-	retval = update_tasks_cpumask(cs);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		return retval;
+	update_tasks_cpumask(cs, &heap);
+
+	heap_free(&heap);
 
 	if (is_load_balanced)
 		async_rebuild_sched_domains();
@@ -1965,7 +1958,7 @@ static void scan_for_empty_cpusets(const struct cpuset *root)
 		     nodes_empty(cp->mems_allowed))
 			remove_tasks_in_empty_cpuset(cp);
 		else {
-			update_tasks_cpumask(cp);
+			update_tasks_cpumask(cp, NULL);
 			update_tasks_nodemask(cp, &oldmems);
 		}
 	}