1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index 8e1496cb63f7..3389e2440da0 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ bool alloc_cpumask_var_node(cpumask_var_t *mask, gfp_t flags, int node)
                 dump_stack();
         }
 #endif
+        /* FIXME: Bandaid to save us from old primitives which go to NR_CPUS. */
+        if (*mask) {
+                unsigned int tail;
+                tail = BITS_TO_LONGS(NR_CPUS - nr_cpumask_bits) * sizeof(long);
+                memset(cpumask_bits(*mask) + cpumask_size() - tail,
+                       0, tail);
+        }
+
         return *mask != NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_cpumask_var_node);