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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>1 parent 012b104 commit 8557c86
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