netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] octeontx2-pf: Use only non-isolated cpus in irq affinity

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:08:04 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] octeontx2-pf: Use only non-isolated cpus in
 irq affinity

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:14:02 +0530 Geetha sowjanya wrote:
> This patch excludes the isolates cpus from the cpus list
> while setting up TX/RX queue interrupts affinity
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>

Hm, housekeeping_cpumask() looks barely used by drivers,
do you have any references to discussions indicated drivers
are expected to pay attention to it? Really seems like something 
that the core should take care of.

Tariq, thoughts?