linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] genirq: Split irq_set_affinity() so it can be called with lock held

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Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:32:51 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] genirq: Split irq_set_affinity() so it can be
 called with lock held

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011, David Daney wrote:

> The .irq_cpu_online() and .irq_cpu_offline() functions may need to
> adjust affinity, but they are called with the descriptor lock held.
> Create __irq_set_affinity_locked() which is called with the lock held.
> Make irq_set_affinity() just a wrapper that acquires the lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/interrupt.h |    2 ++
>  kernel/irq/manage.c       |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
> index 59b72ca..815f9fb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
> +++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
> @@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ static inline int check_wakeup_irqs(void) { return 0; }
>  extern cpumask_var_t irq_default_affinity;
>  
>  extern int irq_set_affinity(unsigned int irq, const struct cpumask *cpumask);
> +extern int __irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq_desc *desc,
> +				     const struct cpumask *cpumask);
>  extern int irq_can_set_affinity(unsigned int irq);
>  extern int irq_select_affinity(unsigned int irq);
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> index 0a2aa73..3d3bed1 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> @@ -139,24 +139,12 @@ static inline void
>  irq_get_pending(struct cpumask *mask, struct irq_desc *desc) { }
>  #endif
>  
> -/**
> - *	irq_set_affinity - Set the irq affinity of a given irq
> - *	@irq:		Interrupt to set affinity
> - *	@cpumask:	cpumask
> - *
> - */
> -int irq_set_affinity(unsigned int irq, const struct cpumask *mask)
> +
> +int __irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq_desc *desc, const struct cpumask *mask)
>  {
> -	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
>  	struct irq_chip *chip = desc->irq_data.chip;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
> -	if (!chip->irq_set_affinity)
> -		return -EINVAL;

We want to keep that check here. No need to crash with a NULL pointer
dereference, when we can deal with it gracefully.

Thanks,

	tglx
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