linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Add check for number of available vectors before CPU down [v2]

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Date:	Fri, 20 Dec 2013 02:18:20 -0500
From:	"Chen, Gong" <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>,
	Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@...el.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	janet.morgan@...el.com, "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Add check for number of available vectors before
 CPU down [v2]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 01:11:32PM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> 
> Yep.  The question really is this: is the irq mapped to a single vector or
> multiple vectors. (I think)
> 
> P.
> 
Yes, this is the original thought I want to express on the bugzilla. On an
ideal environment, without irq balance, all vector_irq should own same
values, say, 0xffffffff. So when one CPU is off-lined, your patch will
considers no places to contain these to-be-migrated irqs but the fact is
they are shared on different CPUs. So if we can answer this question,
the answer will be clear :-).

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