Re: [PATCH 2/2] genirq/irqdomain/msi: Add irq_domain_alloc_irqs_affinity() wrapper

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Jan 12 2023 - 08:34:51 EST


On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 02:24:58PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 07:52:42PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 13 2022 at 15:08, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > The full __irq_domain_alloc_irqs() interface was initially only intended
> > > for some legacy (x86) use cases while most callers should use the
> > > irq_domain_alloc_irqs() wrapper.
> > >
> > > Add a matching irq_domain_alloc_irqs_affinity() wrapper that can be used
> > > when an affinity hint needs to be provided and use it for MSI
> > > allocations.
> >
> > I definitely like the irqchip cleanup, but this one is core code and
> > having the extra wrapper is not really buying us much.
>
> Fair enough. If you don't expect there to be any further users then
> perhaps it's not worth it even if it arguably makes the call site a bit
> more readable (e.g. by dropping the base and realloc arguments).

And having this wrapper would also limit the use of the full (internal)
helper to places that actually need the realloc parameter (e.g. making
those stand out more).

Johan