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| author | Yury Norov [NVIDIA] <yury.norov@gmail.com> | 2025-06-19 21:26:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> | 2025-07-31 18:27:48 +0300 |
| commit | 8557c8628cf3cf8ebd3b32601ccdde550bbf6c54 (patch) | |
| tree | d93dcf9819b8999760aec589411511e82a5732cf /scripts/lib/kdoc/kdoc_files.py | |
| parent | 012b1043420c0bc62e52902499de40b66f37fd6a (diff) | |
| download | linux-8557c8628cf3cf8ebd3b32601ccdde550bbf6c54.tar.xz | |
clocksource: Improve randomness in clocksource_verify_choose_cpus()
The current algorithm of picking a random CPU works OK for dense online
cpumask, but if cpumask is non-dense, the distribution of picked CPUs
is skewed.
For example, on 8-CPU board with CPUs 4-7 offlined, the probability of
selecting CPU 0 is 5/8. Accordingly, cpus 1, 2 and 3 are chosen with
probability 1/8 each. The proper algorithm should pick each online CPU
with probability 1/4.
Switch it to cpumask_random(), which has better statistical
characteristics.
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: "Yury Norov [NVIDIA]" <yury.norov@gmail.com>
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