Re: [PATCH v2] irqchip: LoongArch: Select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK if SMP

From: Samuel Holland
Date: Sat Nov 26 2022 - 18:49:20 EST


On 11/26/22 06:53, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 04:39:09 +0100,
> Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> An IRQ's effective affinity can only be different from its configured
>> affinity if there are multiple CPUs. Make it clear that this option is
>> only meaningful when SMP is enabled.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> v2: rebased on 6.1-rc2
>>
>> drivers/irqchip/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
>> index 7ef9f5e..8461915 100644
>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
>> @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ config IRQ_LOONGARCH_CPU
>> bool
>> select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
>> select IRQ_DOMAIN
>> - select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK
>> + select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK if SMP
>> select LOONGSON_LIOINTC
>> select LOONGSON_EIOINTC
>> select LOONGSON_PCH_PIC
>
> We already have this:
>
> # Supports effective affinity mask
> config GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK
> depends on SMP
> bool
>
> Do we really need to express this for every interrupt controller?

Unfortunately yes, because "select" does not respect dependencies. So
the "depends on SMP" line does not enforce anything; it only serves to
provide a warning at configure time that the build will break.

Regards,
Samuel