linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/irq: Make irq_set_affinity

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Date:   Mon, 06 Sep 2021 11:50:05 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Hao Peng <flyingpenghao@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/irq: Make irq_set_affinity_hint return the real
 return value

On Mon, Sep 06 2021 at 16:20, Hao Peng wrote:
> irq_set_affinity_hint does not return the return value of
> __irq_set_affinity, which makes the state of functions dependent
> on the return value of irq_set_affinity_hint inconsistent.

No, it does not. The affinity hint has been installed even in the case
that __irq_set_affinity() fails.

Setting the affinity in that function is a best effort operation without
any guarantees and in hindsight this should have never been added to
this function.

Thanks,

        tglx