You currently cannot remove all cpus or mems from cpus_allowed or
mems_allowed of a cpuset.  We now allow both if there are no attached
tasks.

Cc: Paul Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 kernel/cpuset.c |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -822,11 +822,22 @@ static int update_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
                return -EACCES;
 
        trialcs = *cs;
-       retval = cpulist_parse(buf, trialcs.cpus_allowed);
-       if (retval < 0)
-               return retval;
+
+       /*
+        * We allow a cpuset's cpus_allowed to be empty; if it has attached
+        * tasks, we'll catch it later when we validate the change and return
+        * -ENOSPC.
+        */
+       if (!*buf) {
+               cpus_clear(trialcs.cpus_allowed);
+       } else {
+               retval = cpulist_parse(buf, trialcs.cpus_allowed);
+               if (retval < 0)
+                       return retval;
+       }
        cpus_and(trialcs.cpus_allowed, trialcs.cpus_allowed, cpu_online_map);
-       if (cpus_empty(trialcs.cpus_allowed))
+       /* cpus_allowed cannot be empty for a cpuset with attached tasks. */
+       if (atomic_read(&cs->count) && cpus_empty(trialcs.cpus_allowed))
                return -ENOSPC;
        retval = validate_change(cs, &trialcs);
        if (retval < 0)
@@ -919,16 +930,27 @@ static int update_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs, char *buf)
                return -EACCES;
 
        trialcs = *cs;
-       retval = nodelist_parse(buf, trialcs.mems_allowed);
-       if (retval < 0)
-               goto done;
+
+       /*
+        * We allow a cpuset's mems_allowed to be empty; if it has attached
+        * tasks, we'll catch it later when we validate the change and return
+        * -ENOSPC.
+        */
+       if (!*buf) {
+               nodes_clear(trialcs.mems_allowed);
+       } else {
+               retval = nodelist_parse(buf, trialcs.mems_allowed);
+               if (retval < 0)
+                       goto done;
+       }
        nodes_and(trialcs.mems_allowed, trialcs.mems_allowed, node_online_map);
        oldmem = cs->mems_allowed;
        if (nodes_equal(oldmem, trialcs.mems_allowed)) {
                retval = 0;             /* Too easy - nothing to do */
                goto done;
        }
-       if (nodes_empty(trialcs.mems_allowed)) {
+       /* mems_allowed cannot be empty for a cpuset with attached tasks. */
+       if (atomic_read(&cs->count) && nodes_empty(trialcs.mems_allowed)) {
                retval = -ENOSPC;
                goto done;
        }
-
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