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From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] getcpu_cache system call: cache CPU number
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----- On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de wrote:

> 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.

Sounds fair. What is the recommended typing for "ptr" then ?
uint32_t ** or uint32_t * ?

It would be expected to pass a "uint32_t *" for the set
operation, but the "get" operation requires a "uint32_t **".

Also, I'd be tempted to put the GET/SET operation selector as
a first parameter.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx

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