sched/core: Provide a pointer to the valid CPU mask

In commit:

4b53a3412d66 ("sched/core: Remove the tsk_nr_cpus_allowed() wrapper")

the tsk_nr_cpus_allowed() wrapper was removed. There was not
much difference in !RT but in RT we used this to implement
migrate_disable(). Within a migrate_disable() section the CPU mask is
restricted to single CPU while the "normal" CPU mask remains untouched.

As an alternative implementation Ingo suggested to use:

struct task_struct {
const cpumask_t *cpus_ptr;
cpumask_t cpus_mask;
};
with
t->cpus_ptr = &t->cpus_mask;

In -RT we then can switch the cpus_ptr to:

t->cpus_ptr = &cpumask_of(task_cpu(p));

in a migration disabled region. The rules are simple:

- Code that 'uses' ->cpus_allowed would use the pointer.
- Code that 'modifies' ->cpus_allowed would use the direct mask.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[e-mail]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[e-mail]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[e-mail]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[e-mail]>

arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c

···
 	ti->cpu = cpu;
 	p->stack = ti;
 	p->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE;
-	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed);
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_mask);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->tasks);
 	p->parent = p->real_parent = p->group_leader = p;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->children);

arch/mips/include/asm/switch_to.h

···
  * inline to try to keep the overhead down. If we have been forced to run on
  * a "CPU" with an FPU because of a previous high level of FP computation,
  * but did not actually use the FPU during the most recent time-slice (CU1
- * isn't set), we undo the restriction on cpus_allowed.
+ * isn't set), we undo the restriction on cpus_mask.
  *
  * We're not calling set_cpus_allowed() here, because we have no need to
  * force prompt migration - we're already switching the current CPU to a
···
 	    test_ti_thread_flag(__prev_ti, TIF_FPUBOUND) &&		\
 	    (!(KSTK_STATUS(prev) & ST0_CU1))) {				\
 		clear_ti_thread_flag(__prev_ti, TIF_FPUBOUND);		\
-		prev->cpus_allowed = prev->thread.user_cpus_allowed;	\
+		prev->cpus_mask = prev->thread.user_cpus_allowed;	\
 	}								\
 	next->thread.emulated_fp = 0;					\
 } while(0)

arch/mips/kernel/mips-mt-fpaff.c

···
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	cpumask_or(&allowed, &p->thread.user_cpus_allowed, &p->cpus_allowed);
+	cpumask_or(&allowed, &p->thread.user_cpus_allowed, p->cpus_ptr);
 	cpumask_and(&mask, &allowed, cpu_active_mask);
 
 out_unlock:

arch/mips/kernel/traps.c

···
 		 * restricted the allowed set to exclude any CPUs with FPUs,
 		 * we'll skip the procedure.
 		 */
-		if (cpumask_intersects(&current->cpus_allowed, &mt_fpu_cpumask)) {
+		if (cpumask_intersects(&current->cpus_mask, &mt_fpu_cpumask)) {
 			cpumask_t tmask;
 
 			current->thread.user_cpus_allowed
-				= current->cpus_allowed;
-			cpumask_and(&tmask, &current->cpus_allowed,
+				= current->cpus_mask;
+			cpumask_and(&tmask, &current->cpus_mask,
 				    &mt_fpu_cpumask);
 			set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &tmask);
 			set_thread_flag(TIF_FPUBOUND);

arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/sched.c

···
 	 * runqueue. The context will be rescheduled on the proper node
 	 * if it is timesliced or preempted.
 	 */
-	cpumask_copy(&ctx->cpus_allowed, &current->cpus_allowed);
+	cpumask_copy(&ctx->cpus_allowed, current->cpus_ptr);
 
 	/* Save the current cpu id for spu interrupt routing. */
 	ctx->last_ran = raw_smp_processor_id();

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c

···
 	 * may be scheduled elsewhere and invalidate entries in the
 	 * pseudo-locked region.
 	 */
-	if (!cpumask_subset(&current->cpus_allowed, &plr->d->cpu_mask)) {
+	if (!cpumask_subset(current->cpus_ptr, &plr->d->cpu_mask)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&rdtgroup_mutex);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/affinity.c

···
 	struct hfi1_affinity_node *entry;
 	cpumask_var_t diff, hw_thread_mask, available_mask, intrs_mask;
 	const struct cpumask *node_mask,
-		*proc_mask = &current->cpus_allowed;
+		*proc_mask = current->cpus_ptr;
 	struct hfi1_affinity_node_list *affinity = &node_affinity;
 	struct cpu_mask_set *set = &affinity->proc;
 
···
 	 * check whether process/context affinity has already
 	 * been set
 	 */
-	if (cpumask_weight(proc_mask) == 1) {
+	if (current->nr_cpus_allowed == 1) {
 		hfi1_cdbg(PROC, "PID %u %s affinity set to CPU %*pbl",
 			  current->pid, current->comm,
 			  cpumask_pr_args(proc_mask));
···
 		cpu = cpumask_first(proc_mask);
 		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &set->used);
 		goto done;
-	} else if (cpumask_weight(proc_mask) < cpumask_weight(&set->mask)) {
+	} else if (current->nr_cpus_allowed < cpumask_weight(&set->mask)) {
 		hfi1_cdbg(PROC, "PID %u %s affinity set to CPU set(s) %*pbl",
 			  current->pid, current->comm,
 			  cpumask_pr_args(proc_mask));

drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c

···
 {
 	struct sdma_rht_node *rht_node;
 	struct sdma_engine *sde = NULL;
-	const struct cpumask *current_mask = &current->cpus_allowed;
 	unsigned long cpu_id;
 
 	/*
 	 * To ensure that always the same sdma engine(s) will be
 	 * selected make sure the process is pinned to this CPU only.
 	 */
-	if (cpumask_weight(current_mask) != 1)
+	if (current->nr_cpus_allowed != 1)
 		goto out;
 
 	cpu_id = smp_processor_id();

drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c

···
 static void assign_ctxt_affinity(struct file *fp, struct qib_devdata *dd)
 {
 	struct qib_filedata *fd = fp->private_data;
-	const unsigned int weight = cpumask_weight(&current->cpus_allowed);
+	const unsigned int weight = current->nr_cpus_allowed;
 	const struct cpumask *local_mask = cpumask_of_pcibus(dd->pcidev->bus);
 	int local_cpu;
 
···
 		ret = find_free_ctxt(i_minor - 1, fp, uinfo);
 	else {
 		int unit;
-		const unsigned int cpu = cpumask_first(&current->cpus_allowed);
-		const unsigned int weight =
-			cpumask_weight(&current->cpus_allowed);
+		const unsigned int cpu = cpumask_first(current->cpus_ptr);
+		const unsigned int weight = current->nr_cpus_allowed;
 
 		if (weight == 1 && !test_bit(cpu, qib_cpulist))
 			if (!find_hca(cpu, &unit) && unit >= 0)

fs/proc/array.c

···
 static void task_cpus_allowed(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	seq_printf(m, "Cpus_allowed:\t%*pb\n",
-		   cpumask_pr_args(&task->cpus_allowed));
+		   cpumask_pr_args(task->cpus_ptr));
 	seq_printf(m, "Cpus_allowed_list:\t%*pbl\n",
-		   cpumask_pr_args(&task->cpus_allowed));
+		   cpumask_pr_args(task->cpus_ptr));
 }
 
 static inline void task_core_dumping(struct seq_file *m, struct mm_struct *mm)

include/linux/sched.h

···
 
 	unsigned int			policy;
 	int				nr_cpus_allowed;
-	cpumask_t			cpus_allowed;
+	const cpumask_t			*cpus_ptr;
+	cpumask_t			cpus_mask;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
 	int				rcu_read_lock_nesting;
···
 #define PF_SWAPWRITE		0x00800000	/* Allowed to write to swap */
 #define PF_MEMSTALL		0x01000000	/* Stalled due to lack of memory */
 #define PF_UMH			0x02000000	/* I'm an Usermodehelper process */
-#define PF_NO_SETAFFINITY	0x04000000	/* Userland is not allowed to meddle with cpus_allowed */
+#define PF_NO_SETAFFINITY	0x04000000	/* Userland is not allowed to meddle with cpus_mask */
 #define PF_MCE_EARLY		0x08000000      /* Early kill for mce process policy */
 #define PF_MEMALLOC_NOCMA	0x10000000	/* All allocation request will have _GFP_MOVABLE cleared */
 #define PF_FREEZER_SKIP		0x40000000	/* Freezer should not count it as freezable */

init/init_task.c

···
 	.static_prio	= MAX_PRIO - 20,
 	.normal_prio	= MAX_PRIO - 20,
 	.policy		= SCHED_NORMAL,
-	.cpus_allowed	= CPU_MASK_ALL,
+	.cpus_ptr	= &init_task.cpus_mask,
+	.cpus_mask	= CPU_MASK_ALL,
 	.nr_cpus_allowed= NR_CPUS,
 	.mm		= NULL,
 	.active_mm	= &init_mm,

kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c

···
 	if (task_css_is_root(task, cpuset_cgrp_id))
 		return;
 
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task, &current->cpus_allowed);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task, current->cpus_ptr);
 	task->mems_allowed = current->mems_allowed;
 }
 

kernel/fork.c

···
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
 	tsk->stack_canary = get_random_canary();
 #endif
+	if (orig->cpus_ptr == &orig->cpus_mask)
+		tsk->cpus_ptr = &tsk->cpus_mask;
 
 	/*
 	 * One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually

kernel/sched/core.c

···
  */
 static inline bool is_cpu_allowed(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
 {
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 		return false;
 
 	if (is_per_cpu_kthread(p))
···
 	local_irq_disable();
 	/*
 	 * We need to explicitly wake pending tasks before running
-	 * __migrate_task() such that we will not miss enforcing cpus_allowed
+	 * __migrate_task() such that we will not miss enforcing cpus_ptr
 	 * during wakeups, see set_cpus_allowed_ptr()'s TASK_WAKING test.
 	 */
 	sched_ttwu_pending();
···
  */
 void set_cpus_allowed_common(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 {
-	cpumask_copy(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask);
+	cpumask_copy(&p->cpus_mask, new_mask);
 	p->nr_cpus_allowed = cpumask_weight(new_mask);
 }
 
···
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (cpumask_equal(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask))
+	if (cpumask_equal(p->cpus_ptr, new_mask))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!cpumask_intersects(new_mask, cpu_valid_mask)) {
···
 	if (task_cpu(arg->src_task) != arg->src_cpu)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg->dst_cpu, &arg->src_task->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg->dst_cpu, arg->src_task->cpus_ptr))
 		goto unlock;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg->src_cpu, &arg->dst_task->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg->src_cpu, arg->dst_task->cpus_ptr))
 		goto unlock;
 
 	__migrate_swap_task(arg->src_task, arg->dst_cpu);
···
 	if (!cpu_active(arg.src_cpu) || !cpu_active(arg.dst_cpu))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg.dst_cpu, &arg.src_task->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg.dst_cpu, arg.src_task->cpus_ptr))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg.src_cpu, &arg.dst_task->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(arg.src_cpu, arg.dst_task->cpus_ptr))
 		goto out;
 
 	trace_sched_swap_numa(cur, arg.src_cpu, p, arg.dst_cpu);
···
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kick_process);
 
 /*
- * ->cpus_allowed is protected by both rq->lock and p->pi_lock
+ * ->cpus_ptr is protected by both rq->lock and p->pi_lock
  *
  * A few notes on cpu_active vs cpu_online:
  *
···
 		for_each_cpu(dest_cpu, nodemask) {
 			if (!cpu_active(dest_cpu))
 				continue;
-			if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+			if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 				return dest_cpu;
 		}
 	}
 
 	for (;;) {
 		/* Any allowed, online CPU? */
-		for_each_cpu(dest_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) {
+		for_each_cpu(dest_cpu, p->cpus_ptr) {
 			if (!is_cpu_allowed(p, dest_cpu))
 				continue;
 
···
 }
 
 /*
- * The caller (fork, wakeup) owns p->pi_lock, ->cpus_allowed is stable.
+ * The caller (fork, wakeup) owns p->pi_lock, ->cpus_ptr is stable.
  */
 static inline
 int select_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flags, int wake_flags)
···
 	if (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1)
 		cpu = p->sched_class->select_task_rq(p, cpu, sd_flags, wake_flags);
 	else
-		cpu = cpumask_any(&p->cpus_allowed);
+		cpu = cpumask_any(p->cpus_ptr);
 
 	/*
 	 * In order not to call set_task_cpu() on a blocking task we need
-	 * to rely on ttwu() to place the task on a valid ->cpus_allowed
+	 * to rely on ttwu() to place the task on a valid ->cpus_ptr
 	 * CPU.
 	 *
 	 * Since this is common to all placement strategies, this lives here.
···
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/*
 	 * Fork balancing, do it here and not earlier because:
-	 *  - cpus_allowed can change in the fork path
+	 *  - cpus_ptr can change in the fork path
 	 *  - any previously selected CPU might disappear through hotplug
 	 *
 	 * Use __set_task_cpu() to avoid calling sched_class::migrate_task_rq,
···
 			 * the entire root_domain to become SCHED_DEADLINE. We
 			 * will also fail if there's no bandwidth available.
 			 */
-			if (!cpumask_subset(span, &p->cpus_allowed) ||
+			if (!cpumask_subset(span, p->cpus_ptr) ||
 			    rq->rd->dl_bw.bw == 0) {
 				task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
 				return -EPERM;
···
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
-	cpumask_and(mask, &p->cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask);
+	cpumask_and(mask, &p->cpus_mask, cpu_active_mask);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
 
 out_unlock:
···
 	 * allowed nodes is unnecessary.  Thus, cpusets are not
 	 * applicable for such threads.  This prevents checking for
 	 * success of set_cpus_allowed_ptr() on all attached tasks
-	 * before cpus_allowed may be changed.
+	 * before cpus_mask may be changed.
 	 */
 	if (p->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
···
 	if (curr_cpu == target_cpu)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(target_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(target_cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* TODO: This is not properly updating schedstats */
···
 		put_prev_task(rq, next);
 
 		/*
-		 * Rules for changing task_struct::cpus_allowed are holding
+		 * Rules for changing task_struct::cpus_mask are holding
 		 * both pi_lock and rq->lock, such that holding either
 		 * stabilizes the mask.
 		 *

kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c

···
 	const struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se = &p->dl;
 
 	if (later_mask &&
-	    cpumask_and(later_mask, cp->free_cpus, &p->cpus_allowed)) {
+	    cpumask_and(later_mask, cp->free_cpus, p->cpus_ptr)) {
 		return 1;
 	} else {
 		int best_cpu = cpudl_maximum(cp);
 
 		WARN_ON(best_cpu != -1 && !cpu_present(best_cpu));
 
-		if (cpumask_test_cpu(best_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) &&
+		if (cpumask_test_cpu(best_cpu, p->cpus_ptr) &&
 		    dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, cp->elements[0].dl)) {
 			if (later_mask)
 				cpumask_set_cpu(best_cpu, later_mask);

kernel/sched/cpupri.c

···
 		if (skip)
 			continue;
 
-		if (cpumask_any_and(&p->cpus_allowed, vec->mask) >= nr_cpu_ids)
+		if (cpumask_any_and(p->cpus_ptr, vec->mask) >= nr_cpu_ids)
 			continue;
 
 		if (lowest_mask) {
-			cpumask_and(lowest_mask, &p->cpus_allowed, vec->mask);
+			cpumask_and(lowest_mask, p->cpus_ptr, vec->mask);
 
 			/*
 			 * We have to ensure that we have at least one bit

kernel/sched/deadline.c

···
 		 * If we cannot preempt any rq, fall back to pick any
 		 * online CPU:
 		 */
-		cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpu_active_mask, &p->cpus_allowed);
+		cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpu_active_mask, p->cpus_ptr);
 		if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
 			/*
 			 * Failed to find any suitable CPU.
···
 static int pick_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
 {
 	if (!task_running(rq, p) &&
-	    cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+	    cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
···
 		/* Retry if something changed. */
 		if (double_lock_balance(rq, later_rq)) {
 			if (unlikely(task_rq(task) != rq ||
-				     !cpumask_test_cpu(later_rq->cpu, &task->cpus_allowed) ||
+				     !cpumask_test_cpu(later_rq->cpu, task->cpus_ptr) ||
 				     task_running(rq, task) ||
 				     !dl_task(task) ||
 				     !task_on_rq_queued(task))) {

kernel/sched/fair.c

···
 	 * be incurred if the tasks were swapped.
 	 */
 	/* Skip this swap candidate if cannot move to the source cpu */
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->src_cpu, &cur->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->src_cpu, cur->cpus_ptr))
 		goto unlock;
 
 	/*
···
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask_of_node(env->dst_nid)) {
 		/* Skip this CPU if the source task cannot migrate */
-		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &env->p->cpus_allowed))
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, env->p->cpus_ptr))
 			continue;
 
 		env->dst_cpu = cpu;
···
 
 		/* Skip over this group if it has no CPUs allowed */
 		if (!cpumask_intersects(sched_group_span(group),
-					&p->cpus_allowed))
+					p->cpus_ptr))
 			continue;
 
 		local_group = cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu,
···
 		return cpumask_first(sched_group_span(group));
 
 	/* Traverse only the allowed CPUs */
-	for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_group_span(group), &p->cpus_allowed) {
+	for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_group_span(group), p->cpus_ptr) {
 		if (available_idle_cpu(i)) {
 			struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(i);
 			struct cpuidle_state *idle = idle_get_state(rq);
···
 {
 	int new_cpu = cpu;
 
-	if (!cpumask_intersects(sched_domain_span(sd), &p->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_intersects(sched_domain_span(sd), p->cpus_ptr))
 		return prev_cpu;
 
 	/*
···
 	if (!test_idle_cores(target, false))
 		return -1;
 
-	cpumask_and(cpus, sched_domain_span(sd), &p->cpus_allowed);
+	cpumask_and(cpus, sched_domain_span(sd), p->cpus_ptr);
 
 	for_each_cpu_wrap(core, cpus, target) {
 		bool idle = true;
···
 		return -1;
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_smt_mask(target)) {
-		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 			continue;
 		if (available_idle_cpu(cpu))
 			return cpu;
···
 	for_each_cpu_wrap(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd), target) {
 		if (!--nr)
 			return -1;
-		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 			continue;
 		if (available_idle_cpu(cpu))
 			break;
···
 	    recent_used_cpu != target &&
 	    cpus_share_cache(recent_used_cpu, target) &&
 	    available_idle_cpu(recent_used_cpu) &&
-	    cpumask_test_cpu(p->recent_used_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed)) {
+	    cpumask_test_cpu(p->recent_used_cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) {
 		/*
 		 * Replace recent_used_cpu with prev as it is a potential
 		 * candidate for the next wake:
···
 		int max_spare_cap_cpu = -1;
 
 		for_each_cpu_and(cpu, perf_domain_span(pd), sched_domain_span(sd)) {
-			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 				continue;
 
 			/* Skip CPUs that will be overutilized. */
···
 		}
 
 		want_affine = !wake_wide(p) && !wake_cap(p, cpu, prev_cpu) &&
-			      cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed);
+			      cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr);
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
···
 	/*
 	 * We do not migrate tasks that are:
 	 * 1) throttled_lb_pair, or
-	 * 2) cannot be migrated to this CPU due to cpus_allowed, or
+	 * 2) cannot be migrated to this CPU due to cpus_ptr, or
 	 * 3) running (obviously), or
 	 * 4) are cache-hot on their current CPU.
 	 */
 	if (throttled_lb_pair(task_group(p), env->src_cpu, env->dst_cpu))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->dst_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed)) {
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(env->dst_cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) {
 		int cpu;
 
 		schedstat_inc(p->se.statistics.nr_failed_migrations_affine);
···
 
 		/* Prevent to re-select dst_cpu via env's CPUs: */
 		for_each_cpu_and(cpu, env->dst_grpmask, env->cpus) {
-			if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed)) {
+			if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr)) {
 				env->flags |= LBF_DST_PINNED;
 				env->new_dst_cpu = cpu;
 				break;
···
 
 /*
  * Group imbalance indicates (and tries to solve) the problem where balancing
- * groups is inadequate due to ->cpus_allowed constraints.
+ * groups is inadequate due to ->cpus_ptr constraints.
  *
  * Imagine a situation of two groups of 4 CPUs each and 4 tasks each with a
  * cpumask covering 1 CPU of the first group and 3 CPUs of the second group.
···
 	/*
 	 * If the busiest group is imbalanced the below checks don't
 	 * work because they assume all things are equal, which typically
-	 * isn't true due to cpus_allowed constraints and the like.
+	 * isn't true due to cpus_ptr constraints and the like.
 	 */
 	if (busiest->group_type == group_imbalanced)
 		goto force_balance;
···
 			 * if the curr task on busiest CPU can't be
 			 * moved to this_cpu:
 			 */
-			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, &busiest->curr->cpus_allowed)) {
+			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, busiest->curr->cpus_ptr)) {
 				raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&busiest->lock,
 							    flags);
 				env.flags |= LBF_ALL_PINNED;

kernel/sched/rt.c

···
 static int pick_rt_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
 {
 	if (!task_running(rq, p) &&
-	    cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
+	    cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, p->cpus_ptr))
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
···
 			 * Also make sure that it wasn't scheduled on its rq.
 			 */
 			if (unlikely(task_rq(task) != rq ||
-				     !cpumask_test_cpu(lowest_rq->cpu, &task->cpus_allowed) ||
+				     !cpumask_test_cpu(lowest_rq->cpu, task->cpus_ptr) ||
 				     task_running(rq, task) ||
 				     !rt_task(task) ||
 				     !task_on_rq_queued(task))) {

kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c

···
 	 * of this thread, than stop migrating for the duration
 	 * of the current test.
 	 */
-	if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, &current->cpus_allowed))
+	if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, current->cpus_ptr))
 		goto disable;
 
 	get_online_cpus();

lib/smp_processor_id.c

···
 	 * Kernel threads bound to a single CPU can safely use
 	 * smp_processor_id():
 	 */
-	if (cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(this_cpu)))
+	if (cpumask_equal(current->cpus_ptr, cpumask_of(this_cpu)))
 		goto out;
 
 	/*

samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c

···
 
 	/* Silly tracepoints */
 	trace_foo_bar("hello", cnt, array, random_strings[len],
-		      &current->cpus_allowed);
+		      current->cpus_ptr);
 
 	trace_foo_with_template_simple("HELLO", cnt);