linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] irqchip: irq-ti-sci-inta: Allocates VINTs at probe

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Date:   Sat, 08 Apr 2023 11:39:27 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>
Cc:     Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Tero Kristo <kristo@...nel.org>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/2] irqchip: irq-ti-sci-inta: Allocates VINTs at probe

On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:04:26 +0100,
Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com> wrote:
> 
> Simplify driver by allocating all VINTs at probe instead of
> allocating on IRQ request. This will allow dedicating few VINTs as
> direct IRQs without aggregation in future.

I think this is going in the wrong direction. Eager allocation is
wasting memory, slowing down boot, and in general a bad idea.

Why can't you just pre-allocate *one* interrupt that serves as a
chained handler for everything, and then use the rest of the interrupt
space for "direct" interrupts?

	M.

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