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[PATCH] x86/x86_64: deferred handling of writes to /proc/irqxx/smp_affinity
authorAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:16:15 +0000 (15:16 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:57:15 +0000 (16:57 -0700)
commit54d5d42404e7705cf3804593189e963350d470e5
tree7cf8a7fce163b19672193d8cf4ef6a7f6c131d9e
parentf63ed39c578a2a2d067356a85ce7c28a7c795d8a
[PATCH] x86/x86_64: deferred handling of writes to /proc/irqxx/smp_affinity

When handling writes to /proc/irq, current code is re-programming rte
entries directly. This is not recommended and could potentially cause
chipset's to lockup, or cause missing interrupts.

CONFIG_IRQ_BALANCE does this correctly, where it re-programs only when the
interrupt is pending. The same needs to be done for /proc/irq handling as well.
Otherwise user space irq balancers are really not doing the right thing.

- Changed pending_irq_balance_cpumask to pending_irq_migrate_cpumask for
  lack of a generic name.
- added move_irq out of IRQ_BALANCE, and added this same to X86_64
- Added new proc handler for write, so we can do deferred write at irq
  handling time.
- Display of /proc/irq/XX/smp_affinity used to display CPU_MASKALL, instead
  it now shows only active cpu masks, or exactly what was set.
- Provided a common move_irq implementation, instead of duplicating
  when using generic irq framework.

Tested on i386/x86_64 and ia64 with CONFIG_PCI_MSI turned on and off.
Tested UP builds as well.

MSI testing: tbd: I have cards, need to look for a x-over cable, although I
did test an earlier version of this patch.  Will test in a couple days.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Acked-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@holomorphy.com>
Grudgingly-acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@lovecn.org>
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
13 files changed:
arch/i386/Kconfig
arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
arch/ia64/Kconfig
arch/ia64/kernel/irq.c
arch/x86_64/Kconfig
arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
drivers/pci/msi.c
drivers/pci/msi.h
include/asm-ia64/hw_irq.h
include/asm-ia64/irq.h
include/linux/irq.h
kernel/irq/manage.c
kernel/irq/proc.c