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Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 10:15:24 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
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"Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/29] x86/apic/vector: Do not allocate vectors for NMIs
On Fri, May 13 2022 at 16:45, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 10:50:09PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> > Also, if lapic_nmi_controller.irq_set_affinity() is NULL, then irq_chips
>> > INTEL-IR, AMD-IR, those using msi_domain_set_affinity() need to check for NULL.
>> > They currently unconditionally call the parent irq_chip's irq_set_affinity().
>> > I see that there is a irq_chip_set_affinity_parent() function. Perhaps it can
>> > be used for this check?
>>
>> Yes, this lacks obviously a NMI specific set_affinity callback and this
>> can be very trivial and does not have any of the complexity of interrupt
>> affinity assignment. First online CPU in the mask with a fallback to any
>> online CPU.
>
> Why would we need a fallback to any online CPU? Shouldn't it fail if it cannot
> find an online CPU in the mask?
Might as well fail. Let me think about it.
>> I did not claim that this is complete. This was for illustration.
>
> In the reworked patch, may I add a Co-developed-by with your name and your SOB?
Suggested-by is good enough.
Thanks,
tglx
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