Re: [PATCH 4/8] irq: only update affinity in chip set_affinity()-v3

[Suresh Siddha]

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 18:41 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Impact: keep affinity consistent
> 
> irq_set_affinity() and move_masked_irq() try to assign affinity
> before calling chip set_affinity(). some archs are assigning again in set_affinity
> again.
> 
> something like:
> cpumask_cpy(desc->affinity, mask);
> desc->chip->set_affinity(mask);
> 
> in the failing path, affinity should not be touched.
> 
> also set_extra_move_desc() ( called by set_affinity)  will rely on the old
> affinity to decide if need to move irq_desc to different node when logical
> flat apic mode is used.
> 
> So try remove those assignment, and make some missed arch to assign affinity
> in their set_affinity.
> 

I don't see any arch specific changes in this patchset regarding this.
Did I miss or currently there are no arch's that needs to get fixed?

thanks,
suresh

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