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Having static variable `cpus` in libbpf_num_possible_cpus function
without guarding it with mutex makes this function thread-unsafe.
If multiple threads accessing this function, in the current form; it
leads to incrementing the static variable value `cpus` in the multiple
of total available CPUs.
Used local stack variable to calculate the number of possible CPUs and
then updated the static variable using WRITE_ONCE().
Changes since v1:
* added stack variable to calculate cpus
* serialized static variable update using WRITE_ONCE()
* fixed Fixes tag
Fixes: 6446b3155521 ("bpf: add a new API libbpf_num_possible_cpus()")
Signed-off-by: Takshak Chahande <ctakshak@fb.com>
Acked-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.