linux/arch/x86_64
Ashok Raj 54d5d42404 [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>
2005-09-07 16:57:15 -07:00
..
boot [PATCH] x86_64: coding style and whitespace fixups 2005-06-25 16:25:02 -07:00
crypto [PATCH] x86_64: add MODULE_ALIAS for aes 2005-08-08 15:29:13 -07:00
ia32 [PATCH] x86_64: fix 32-bit thread debugging 2005-08-04 16:28:27 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] x86/x86_64: deferred handling of writes to /proc/irqxx/smp_affinity 2005-09-07 16:57:15 -07:00
lib [PATCH] x86_64: fix bug in csum_partial_copy_generic() 2005-07-30 10:14:47 -07:00
mm [PATCH] x86_64: Tell VM about holes in nodes 2005-08-26 19:37:12 -07:00
oprofile Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pci [PATCH] x86_64: Don't oops at boot when empty Opteron node has IO 2005-08-23 19:59:39 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] x86_64: update defconfig - reenable fusion 2005-08-24 10:22:44 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] x86/x86_64: deferred handling of writes to /proc/irqxx/smp_affinity 2005-09-07 16:57:15 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] x86_64: Remove IA32_* build tools in Makefile 2005-07-28 21:46:00 -07:00