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Date:      Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:49:12 +0000
From:      David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org>
To:        Garrett Cooper <gcooper@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r214409 - head/sys/kern
Message-ID:  <4CC803A8.3040602@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=2dTVmB8Goj%2BNXq4F6SmZBNS3bxn8gLjmQ%2BdfV@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201010270232.o9R2Wsu3084553@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTi=2dTVmB8Goj%2BNXq4F6SmZBNS3bxn8gLjmQ%2BdfV@mail.gmail.com>

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Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:32 PM, David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Author: davidxu
>> Date: Wed Oct 27 02:32:54 2010
>> New Revision: 214409
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/214409
>>
>> Log:
>>  If input parameter cpusetsize is zero, give userland size of cpuset mask
>>  kernel is using.
>>
>> Modified:
>>  head/sys/kern/kern_cpuset.c
>>
>> Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_cpuset.c
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- head/sys/kern/kern_cpuset.c Wed Oct 27 02:07:25 2010        (r214408)
>> +++ head/sys/kern/kern_cpuset.c Wed Oct 27 02:32:54 2010        (r214409)
>> @@ -889,6 +889,10 @@ cpuset_getaffinity(struct thread *td, st
>>        int error;
>>        size_t size;
>>
>> +       if (uap->cpusetsize == 0) {
>> +               td->td_retval[0] = sizeof(cpuset_t);
>> +               return (0);
>> +       }
>>        if (uap->cpusetsize < sizeof(cpuset_t) ||
>>            uap->cpusetsize > CPU_MAXSIZE / NBBY)
>>                return (ERANGE);
> 
>     Isn't this requirement partly broken now?
> 
>      [ERANGE]           The cpusetsize was either preposterously large or
>                         smaller than the kernel set size.
> 
>     Why should cpuset(2) be broken in favor of people not passing valid values?
> Thanks,
> -Garrett
> 

I really hate to see such a problem that userland can not figure out
what kernel is using, I try hardly to guess, but still can not find
what it is using. yes, I think the doc may need to be fixed or
another syscall is needed.




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