It is probably better that we don't have subsystem specific
abbreviations or aliases for generic CPU list specifications.

Hence we move the "all" from RCU out to lib/ so that it can be
used in any instance where CPU lists are being parsed.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst |  7 +++++++
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  4 +---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h                        | 13 ++++---------
 lib/cpumask.c                                   |  6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst 
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
index 6d421694d98e..ef98ca700946 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ For example one can add to the command line following 
parameter:
 
 where the final item represents CPUs 100,101,125,126,150,151,...
 
+The following convenience aliases are also accepted and used:
+
+        foo_cpus=all
+
+is equivalent to "foo_cpus=0-N" -- where "N" is the numerically last CPU on
+the system, thus avoiding looking up the value in "/sys/devices/system/cpu"
+in advance on each deployed system.
 
 
 This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt 
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 526d65d8573a..96eed72f02a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4023,9 +4023,7 @@
                                see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
 
        rcu_nocbs=      [KNL]
-                       The argument is a cpu list, as described above,
-                       except that the string "all" can be used to
-                       specify every CPU on the system.
+                       The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
 
                        In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
                        the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index fd8a52e9a887..b18f89f94fd3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1463,20 +1463,15 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(void)
 
 /*
  * Parse the boot-time rcu_nocb_mask CPU list from the kernel parameters.
- * The string after the "rcu_nocbs=" is either "all" for all CPUs, or a
- * comma-separated list of CPUs and/or CPU ranges.  If an invalid list is
- * given, a warning is emitted and all CPUs are offloaded.
+ * If the list is invalid, a warning is emitted and all CPUs are offloaded.
  */
 static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str)
 {
        alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask);
-       if (!strcasecmp(str, "all"))
+       if (cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {
+               pr_warn("rcu_nocbs= bad CPU range, all CPUs set\n");
                cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
-       else
-               if (cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {
-                       pr_warn("rcu_nocbs= bad CPU range, all CPUs set\n");
-                       cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
-               }
+       }
        return 1;
 }
 __setup("rcu_nocbs=", rcu_nocb_setup);
diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index 5eb002237404..15599cdf5db6 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpumask_next_wrap);
  */
 int cpulist_parse(const char *buf, struct cpumask *dstp)
 {
+       if (!strcmp(buf, "all")) {
+               cpumask_setall(dstp);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        return bitmap_parselist(buf, cpumask_bits(dstp), nr_cpumask_bits);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpulist_parse);
-- 
2.25.1

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