linux-kernel - Re: [question] on which cpu an interrupt controller will raise an irq ?

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Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:22:02 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [question] on which cpu an interrupt controller will raise an
 irq ?

On Sun, 7 Dec 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> I am not very familiar with the interrupt subsystem, so sorry if this sounds a
> stupid question.
> 
> IIUC, when a interrupt happens on a SMP system and if there is no affinity set
> for it, it is delivered following a scheme decided by the interrupt
> controller.
> 
> For example, for the APIC, there is a round robin behaviour, so an interrupt
> will be raised on cpu0, then cpu1, and so on ...
> 
> Is there a way to know on which cpu a controller will raise the interrupt ?

No generic way which would allow to predict it on every controller we
support.

Thanks,

	tglx
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