Re: [PATCH 2/3] sched: don't call get_group() for covered cpus

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 03:45:15PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 18 June 2013 15:33, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 04:32:44PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> >> In build_sched_groups() we don't need to call get_group() for cpus which are
> >> already covered in previous iterations. So, call get_group() after checking if
> >> cpu is covered or not.
> >>
> >
> > Aside from not needing it; doing it would mark the group used and
> > eventually leak it since we wouldn't connect it and not find it again to
> > free it, right?
> >
> > So effectively this fixes a memory leak?
> 
> Exactly. To be precise: In cases where sg->cpumask contained more
> than one cpu (For any topology level), this patch helps freeing sg's
> memory for all cpus leaving the group leader.
> 
> May I update the logs again?

Sure. Just send a new patch and I'll substitute.
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