linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] genirq: Provide basic NMI management for interrupt lines

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1807172141150.1817@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:42:10 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:     Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com, marc.zyngier@....com,
        mingo@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] genirq: Provide basic NMI management for interrupt
 lines

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 04:48:17PM +0100, Julien Thierry wrote:
> > Supporting desc->affinity_hint for NMIs shouldn't be an issue, right?
> 
> Shouldn't NMIs be strictly per cpu interrupt sources?

Right. They are surely not subject to be fiddled with by irqbalanced or
random admin affinity settings.

Thanks,

	tglx