Re: [PATCH] sched/core: Clear the root_domain cpumasks in init_rootdomain()

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Xunlei Pang <xlpang@redhat.com> wrote:

> > Hm, is the alloc_cpumask_var() done in alloc_sched_domains() safe?
> 
> Until now, I haven't found any other similar issues, but I will check further.
> 
> >
> > At least the usage pattern in init_sched_domains() looks unsafe:
> >
> >         doms_cur = alloc_sched_domains(ndoms_cur);
> >         if (!doms_cur)
> >                 doms_cur = &fallback_doms;
> >         cpumask_andnot(doms_cur[0], cpu_map, cpu_isolated_map);

So is this pattern in init_sched_domains() correct, for OFFSTACK=y?

It looks wrong to me, as alloc_sched_domains() allocates an uninitialized cpumask 
via alloc_cpumask_var() and returns it:

cpumask_var_t *alloc_sched_domains(unsigned int ndoms)
{
        int i;
        cpumask_var_t *doms;

        doms = kmalloc(sizeof(*doms) * ndoms, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!doms)
                return NULL;
        for (i = 0; i < ndoms; i++) {
                if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&doms[i], GFP_KERNEL)) {
                        free_sched_domains(doms, i);
                        return NULL;
                }
        }
        return doms;
}

and then this code:

> >         cpumask_andnot(doms_cur[0], cpu_map, cpu_isolated_map);

uses it without first clearing it.

So is this another such bug, or am I missing something?

Thanks,

	Ingo