[PATCH] genirq: Discard cpumask of irqaffinity= boot parameter if parsing fails

From: Lukas Beckmann

Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 12:05:54 EST


irq_affinity_setup() ignores the return value of cpulist_parse(). This
can result in using a "half parsed" cpulist. E.g. on a system with 8
cores, the parameter "irqaffinity=0,1,6-10,4" would result in using only
CPU 0 and 1, since the parsing fails at 6-10. Other boot parameters
which take a cpulist (e.g. isolcpus=, workqueue.unbound_cpus=) already
handle this by falling back to a default.

Check the return value of cpulist_parse() and let
init_irq_default_affinity() set the default in early_irq_init()
later, if parsing fails.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Beckmann <lbckmnn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/irq/irqdesc.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 3a818f07a101..7cbcc3fb9e6d 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ static struct lock_class_key irq_desc_lock_class;
static int __init irq_affinity_setup(char *str)
{
alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&irq_default_affinity);
- cpulist_parse(str, irq_default_affinity);
+ if (cpulist_parse(str, irq_default_affinity) < 0) {
+ /*
+ * Clear the mask so that init_irq_default_affinity()
+ * defaults it later.
+ */
+ cpumask_clear(irq_default_affinity);
+ pr_warn("irqaffinity: incorrect CPU range, using default\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
/*
* Set at least the boot cpu. We don't want to end up with
* bugreports caused by random commandline masks

base-commit: 1ad6d4a722f509128038f9c85c6a122a382179fe
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2.55.0