* Migrate task to the cpu pointed by pr.
         */
        saved_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(pr->id));
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(pr->id));
        ret = pr->throttling.acpi_processor_get_throttling(pr);
        /* restore the previous state */
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, saved_mask);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
 
        return ret;
 }
         * it can be called only for the cpu pointed by pr.
         */
        if (p_throttling->shared_type == DOMAIN_COORD_TYPE_SW_ANY) {
-               set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(pr->id));
+               set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(pr->id));
                ret = p_throttling->acpi_processor_set_throttling(pr,
                                                t_state.target_state);
        } else {
                                continue;
                        }
                        t_state.cpu = i;
-                       set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(i));
+                       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(i));
                        ret = match_pr->throttling.
                                acpi_processor_set_throttling(
                                match_pr, t_state.target_state);
                                                        &t_state);
        }
        /* restore the previous state */
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, saved_mask);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 
        /* SMI requires CPU 0 */
        old_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(0));
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(0));
        if (smp_processor_id() != 0) {
                dev_dbg(&dcdbas_pdev->dev, "%s: failed to get CPU 0\n",
                        __FUNCTION__);
        );
 
 out:
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, old_mask);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &old_mask);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
        struct mempolicy *oldpol;
        cpumask_t oldmask = current->cpus_allowed;
        int node = pcibus_to_node(dev->bus);
-       if (node >= 0 && node_online(node))
-           set_cpus_allowed(current, node_to_cpumask(node));
+
+       if (node >= 0) {
+               node_to_cpumask_ptr(nodecpumask, node);
+               set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, nodecpumask);
+       }
        /* And set default memory allocation policy */
        oldpol = current->mempolicy;
        current->mempolicy = NULL;      /* fall back to system default policy */
 #endif
        error = drv->probe(dev, id);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, oldmask);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &oldmask);
        current->mempolicy = oldpol;
 #endif
        return error;
 
 
        /* Ensure that we are not runnable on dying cpu */
        old_allowed = current->cpus_allowed;
-       tmp = CPU_MASK_ALL;
+       cpus_setall(tmp);
        cpu_clear(cpu, tmp);
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, tmp);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &tmp);
 
        p = __stop_machine_run(take_cpu_down, &tcd_param, cpu);
 
 out_thread:
        err = kthread_stop(p);
 out_allowed:
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, old_allowed);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &old_allowed);
 out_release:
        cpu_hotplug_done();
        return err;
 
        }
 
        /* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, CPU_MASK_ALL);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR);
 
        /*
         * Our parent is keventd, which runs with elevated scheduling priority.
 
  */
 static void rcu_torture_shuffle_tasks(void)
 {
-       cpumask_t tmp_mask = CPU_MASK_ALL;
+       cpumask_t tmp_mask;
        int i;
 
+       cpus_setall(tmp_mask);
        get_online_cpus();
 
        /* No point in shuffling if there is only one online CPU (ex: UP) */
        if (rcu_idle_cpu != -1)
                cpu_clear(rcu_idle_cpu, tmp_mask);
 
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, tmp_mask);
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &tmp_mask);
 
        if (reader_tasks) {
                for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++)
                        if (reader_tasks[i])
-                               set_cpus_allowed(reader_tasks[i], tmp_mask);
+                               set_cpus_allowed_ptr(reader_tasks[i],
+                                                    &tmp_mask);
        }
 
        if (fakewriter_tasks) {
                for (i = 0; i < nfakewriters; i++)
                        if (fakewriter_tasks[i])
-                               set_cpus_allowed(fakewriter_tasks[i], tmp_mask);
+                               set_cpus_allowed_ptr(fakewriter_tasks[i],
+                                                    &tmp_mask);
        }
 
        if (writer_task)
-               set_cpus_allowed(writer_task, tmp_mask);
+               set_cpus_allowed_ptr(writer_task, &tmp_mask);
 
        if (stats_task)
-               set_cpus_allowed(stats_task, tmp_mask);
+               set_cpus_allowed_ptr(stats_task, &tmp_mask);
 
        if (rcu_idle_cpu == -1)
                rcu_idle_cpu = num_online_cpus() - 1;
 
        int irqs_disabled = 0;
        int prepared = 0;
 
-       set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu((int)(long)cpu));
+       set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu((int)(long)cpu));
 
        /* Ack: we are alive */
        smp_mb(); /* Theoretically the ack = 0 might not be on this CPU yet. */