linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] x86/fixup_irq: Clean the offlining CPU from the irq affinity mask

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Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:23:42 +0000
From:	"Liu, Chuansheng" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/fixup_irq: Clean the offlining CPU from the irq
 affinity mask

> In that case, we would end up with an incorrect data->affinity right?
> 
Moving the clean cpu mask code into if (chip->irq_set_affinity)?
Will resend the patch and will judge the chip->irq_set_affinity(data, affinity, true)
return value.