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Subject[patch] cpusets: allow empty {cpus,mems}_allowed to be set for unpopulated cpuset
You currently cannot remove all cpus or mems from cpus_allowed or
mems_allowed of a cpuset. We now allow both if there are no attached
tasks.

Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
---
kernel/cpuset.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -822,11 +822,22 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
return -EACCES;

trialcs = *cs;
- retval = cpulist_parse(buf, trialcs.cpus_allowed);
- if (retval < 0)
- return retval;
+
+ /*
+ * We allow a cpuset's cpus_allowed to be empty; if it has attached
+ * tasks, we'll catch it later when we validate the change and return
+ * -ENOSPC.
+ */
+ if (!*buf) {
+ cpus_clear(trialcs.cpus_allowed);
+ } else {
+ retval = cpulist_parse(buf, trialcs.cpus_allowed);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ return retval;
+ }
cpus_and(trialcs.cpus_allowed, trialcs.cpus_allowed, cpu_online_map);
- if (cpus_empty(trialcs.cpus_allowed))
+ /* cpus_allowed cannot be empty for a cpuset with attached tasks. */
+ if (atomic_read(&cs->count) && cpus_empty(trialcs.cpus_allowed))
return -ENOSPC;
retval = validate_change(cs, &trialcs);
if (retval < 0)
@@ -919,16 +930,27 @@ static int update_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
return -EACCES;

trialcs = *cs;
- retval = nodelist_parse(buf, trialcs.mems_allowed);
- if (retval < 0)
- goto done;
+
+ /*
+ * We allow a cpuset's mems_allowed to be empty; if it has attached
+ * tasks, we'll catch it later when we validate the change and return
+ * -ENOSPC.
+ */
+ if (!*buf) {
+ nodes_clear(trialcs.mems_allowed);
+ } else {
+ retval = nodelist_parse(buf, trialcs.mems_allowed);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ goto done;
+ }
nodes_and(trialcs.mems_allowed, trialcs.mems_allowed, node_online_map);
oldmem = cs->mems_allowed;
if (nodes_equal(oldmem, trialcs.mems_allowed)) {
retval = 0; /* Too easy - nothing to do */
goto done;
}
- if (nodes_empty(trialcs.mems_allowed)) {
+ /* mems_allowed cannot be empty for a cpuset with attached tasks. */
+ if (atomic_read(&cs->count) && nodes_empty(trialcs.mems_allowed)) {
retval = -ENOSPC;
goto done;
}
-
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