linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 3/5] genirq/affinity: add new callback for caculating set vectors

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1902132157060.1659@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:58:56 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
cc:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 3/5] genirq/affinity: add new callback for caculating
 set vectors

On Wed, 13 Feb 2019, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > Add a new callback of .calc_sets into 'struct irq_affinity' so that
> > driver can caculate set vectors after IRQ vector is allocated and
> > before spread IRQ vectors. Add 'priv' so that driver may retrieve
> > its private data via the 'struct irq_affinity'.
> 
> s/caculate/calculate/
> 
> I *think* "set vectors" here has something to do with an affinity
> cpumask?  "Set vectors" doesn't seem like quite the right terminology.

See previous mail. Let's stay with 'interrupt sets' and get rid of the
vector naming completely.

Thanks,

	tglx