[PATCH v5 09/21] KVM: selftests: Add helpers to print proc IRQ affinity for IRQ test

From: Josh Hilke

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 22:12:46 EST


Introduce utility functions to print IRQ affinity settings (smp_affinity
and effective_affinity) via the proc filesystem.

Specifically, add:
- print_proc_irq_smp_affinity() and print_proc_irq_effective_affinity()
to print the current affinity states.

These helpers will be used in subsequent patches to print affinity
settings for debugging in the KVM IRQ test when timeouts occur.

Signed-off-by: Josh Hilke <jrhilke@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/include/proc_util.h | 4 +++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/proc_util.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/proc_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/proc_util.h
index e381c7818275..e0e8f29c570c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/proc_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/proc_util.h
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ unsigned int vfio_msix_to_host_irq(const char *vfio_device_bdf, int msix);

FILE *open_proc_irq_smp_affinity_list(unsigned int irq);
void write_proc_irq_smp_affinity_list(FILE *fp, unsigned int irq, int irq_cpu);
+
+void print_proc_irq_smp_affinity(unsigned int irq);
+void print_proc_irq_effective_affinity(unsigned int irq);
+
#endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_PROC_UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/proc_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/proc_util.c
index 938c90d94f4d..24a8de92e229 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/proc_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/proc_util.c
@@ -58,3 +58,33 @@ void write_proc_irq_smp_affinity_list(FILE *fp, unsigned int irq, int irq_cpu)
TEST_ASSERT(ret > 0, "Failed to affinitize IRQ-%u to CPU %d", irq, irq_cpu);
fflush(fp);
}
+
+static void print_proc_irq_file(unsigned int irq, const char *file)
+{
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+ char buf[256];
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/irq/%u/%s", irq, file);
+ fp = fopen(path, "r");
+ if (!fp) {
+ printf(" Failed to open %s\n", path);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+ buf[strcspn(buf, "\n")] = 0;
+ printf(" %s: %s\n", path, buf);
+ }
+ fclose(fp);
+}
+
+void print_proc_irq_smp_affinity(unsigned int irq)
+{
+ print_proc_irq_file(irq, "smp_affinity");
+}
+
+void print_proc_irq_effective_affinity(unsigned int irq)
+{
+ print_proc_irq_file(irq, "effective_affinity");
+}
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog