linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2][RFC] time : set broadcast irq affinity

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Message-ID: <512BEAAF.1070500@linaro.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:50:23 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, santosh.shilimkar@...com,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com,
	john.stultz@...aro.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2][RFC] time : set broadcast irq affinity

On 02/22/2013 06:55 PM, Jacob Pan wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:01:23 +0100
> Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org> wrote:
> 
>> +/*
>> + * Set broadcast interrupt affinity
>> + */
>> +static void tick_broadcast_set_affinity(struct clock_event_device
>> *bc, int cpu) +{
>> +	struct cpumask cpumask;
>> +
>> +	if (!(bc->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DYNIRQ))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	cpumask_clear(&cpumask);
>> +	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &cpumask);
>> +	irq_set_affinity(bc->irq, &cpumask);
> would it be more efficient to keep track of the current bc->irq affinity
> via cpumask then set it only if it is different?

Do you mean a cpumask static variable ? and something like:

if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &affinitymask)) {
	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &affinitymask);
	irq_set_affinity(bc->irq, &affinitymask)
}




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