linux-kernel - [tip:irq/core] genirq/cpuhotplug: Avoid irq affinity setting for single targets

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Message-ID: <tip-8f31a9845db348f5781df47ce04c79e4cfe90016@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:09:41 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, axboe@...nel.dk, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        peterz@...radead.org, hpa@...or.com, marc.zyngier@....com,
        keith.busch@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, hch@....de
Subject: [tip:irq/core] genirq/cpuhotplug: Avoid irq affinity setting for
 single targets

Commit-ID:  8f31a9845db348f5781df47ce04c79e4cfe90016
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8f31a9845db348f5781df47ce04c79e4cfe90016
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:37:53 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:21:25 +0200

genirq/cpuhotplug: Avoid irq affinity setting for single targets

Avoid trying to add a newly online CPU to the effective affinity mask of an
started up interrupt. That interrupt will either stay on the already online
CPU or move around for no value.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170619235447.431321047@linutronix.de

---
 kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c b/kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c
index b7964e7..aee8f7e 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c
@@ -148,9 +148,17 @@ static void irq_restore_affinity_of_irq(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int cpu)
 	    !irq_data_get_irq_chip(data) || !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, affinity))
 		return;
 
-	if (irqd_is_managed_and_shutdown(data))
+	if (irqd_is_managed_and_shutdown(data)) {
 		irq_startup(desc, IRQ_RESEND, IRQ_START_COND);
-	else
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the interrupt can only be directed to a single target
+	 * CPU then it is already assigned to a CPU in the affinity
+	 * mask. No point in trying to move it around.
+	 */
+	if (!irqd_is_single_target(data))
 		irq_set_affinity_locked(data, affinity, false);
 }