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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/cpumask.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c index 10aa15715c0d..e7258836b60b 100644 --- a/lib/cpumask.c +++ b/lib/cpumask.c @@ -114,11 +114,29 @@ void __init free_bootmem_cpumask_var(cpumask_var_t mask) * @i: index number * @node: local numa_node * - * This function selects an online CPU according to a numa aware policy; - * local cpus are returned first, followed by non-local ones, then it - * wraps around. + * Returns online CPU according to a numa aware policy; local cpus are returned + * first, followed by non-local ones, then it wraps around. * - * It's not very efficient, but useful for setup. + * For those who wants to enumerate all CPUs based on their NUMA distances, + * i.e. call this function in a loop, like: + * + * for (i = 0; i < num_online_cpus(); i++) { + * cpu = cpumask_local_spread(i, node); + * do_something(cpu); + * } + * + * There's a better alternative based on for_each()-like iterators: + * + * for_each_numa_hop_mask(mask, node) { + * for_each_cpu_andnot(cpu, mask, prev) + * do_something(cpu); + * prev = mask; + * } + * + * It's simpler and more verbose than above. Complexity of iterator-based + * enumeration is O(sched_domains_numa_levels * nr_cpu_ids), while + * cpumask_local_spread() when called for each cpu is + * O(sched_domains_numa_levels * nr_cpu_ids * log(nr_cpu_ids)). */ unsigned int cpumask_local_spread(unsigned int i, int node) { |