Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] genirq/affinity: Add irq_update_affinity_desc()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Nov 30 2020 - 18:20:25 EST


On Tue, Dec 01 2020 at 01:35, John Garry wrote:

> Add a function to allow the affinity of an interrupt be switched to
> managed, such that interrupts allocated for platform devices may be
> managed.

Could you please add a paragraph which explains the limitations of that
interface?

> +/**
> + * irq_update_affinity_desc - Update affinity management for an interrupt
> + * @irq: The interrupt number to update
> + * @affinity: Pointer to the affinity descriptor
> + *
> + * This interface can be used to configure the affinity management of
> + * interrupts which have been allocated already.

Same here.

Thanks,

tglx