linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] genirq/affinity: factor out a irq_affinity

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Date:   Sun, 21 May 2017 21:03:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] genirq/affinity: factor out a irq_affinity_set
 helper

On Fri, 19 May 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Factor out code from the x86 cpu hot plug code to program the affinity
> for a vector for a hot plug / hot unplug event.
> +bool irq_affinity_set(int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, const cpumask_t *mask)
> +{
> +	struct irq_data *data = irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc);
> +	struct irq_chip *chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data);
> +	bool ret = false;
> +
> +	if (!irqd_can_move_in_process_context(data) && chip->irq_mask)

Using that inline directly will make this function useless on architectures
which have GENERIC_PENDING_IRQS not set.

kernel/irq/manage.c has that wrapped. We need to move those wrappers to the
internal header file, so that it gets compiled out on other platforms.

Thanks,

	tglx