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cpumask: add cpumask_var_t documentation 

cpumask_var_t has one notable difference from cpumask_t.  Add the
explanation.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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KOSAKI Motohiro 2011-07-26 16:08:45 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 37e7b5f153
commit a64a26e822
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include/linux/cpumask.h
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@ -617,6 +617,20 @@ static inline size_t cpumask_size(void)
* ... use 'tmpmask' like a normal struct cpumask * ...
*
* free_cpumask_var(tmpmask);
*
*
* However, one notable exception is there. alloc_cpumask_var() allocates
* only nr_cpumask_bits bits (in the other hand, real cpumask_t always has
* NR_CPUS bits). Therefore you don't have to dereference cpumask_var_t.
*
* cpumask_var_t tmpmask;
* if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmpmask, GFP_KERNEL))
* return -ENOMEM;
*
* var = *tmpmask;
*
* This code makes NR_CPUS length memcopy and brings to a memory corruption.
* cpumask_copy() provide safe copy functionality.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
typedef struct cpumask *cpumask_var_t;