netdev - Re: smp_affinity, MSI-X and 2.6.21.1

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 07 May 2007 16:07:00 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Cc:	Linux Network Development list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: smp_affinity, MSI-X and 2.6.21.1

On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:53 -0700, Rick Jones wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> Is it a bug, or a feature that after changing a device's smp_affinity via echo 
> "N" >> /proc/irq/M/smp_affinity that the new mask isn't visible via cat 
> /proc/irq/M/smp_affinity until after actual interrupts are taken?\

that's known and expected behavior

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html