Re: [PATCH v2] docs: kernel-parameters: document scope of irqaffinity= parameter

[Aaron Tomlin]

On Sun, May 03, 2026 at 09:16:01AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/irq/managed_irq.rst b/Documentation/core-api/irq/managed_irq.rst
> > index 05e295f3c289..8e973a7d1bd1 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/core-api/irq/managed_irq.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/core-api/irq/managed_irq.rst
> > @@ -80,9 +80,58 @@ The following examples assume a system with 8 CPUs.
> >      /proc/irq/48/effective_affinity_list:0
> >      /proc/irq/48/smp_affinity_list:7
> >  
> > -  This can be verified via the debugfs interface
> > -  (/sys/kernel/debug/irq/irqs/48). The dstate field will include
> > +  If the Linux kernel was built with Kconfig CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_DEBUGFS
> > +  enabled, this can be verified via the debugfs interface (e.g.,
> > +  /sys/kernel/debug/irq/irqs/48). The dstate field will include
> >    IRQD_IRQ_DISABLED, IRQD_IRQ_MASKED and IRQD_MANAGED_SHUTDOWN.
> > +  A managed IRQ will also include IRQD_AFFINITY_MANAGED. For example:
> > +
> > +    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/irq/irqs/87
> > +    handler:  handle_edge_irq
> > +    device:   0000:41:00.0
> 
> This will not render the way you seem to expect, it should be a literal
> block.  Please do build the docs and look at the results before sending
> documentation patches.
> 
Hi Jon,

Acknowledged. I'll resolve the above in the next iteration.


Kind regards,
-- 
Aaron Tomlin

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