[tip:irq/core] genirq: Add an extra comment about the use of affinity in irq_common_data

tip-bot for Qais Yousef
2016-02-25T10:02:24Z

Commit-ID: 955bfe5912e7839abcc83694f06867535487404b
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/955bfe5912e7839abcc83694f06867535487404b
Author: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@imgtec.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:20:17 +0000
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:56:55 +0100

genirq: Add an extra comment about the use of affinity in irq_common_data

Affinity will have dual meaning depends on the type of the irq. If it is
a normal irq, it'll have the standard affinity meaning.

If it is an IPI, it will hold the mask of the cpus to which an IPI can be
sent.

Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@imgtec.com>
Cc: <jason@lakedaemon.net>
Cc: <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Cc: <jiang.liu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Cc: <lisa.parratt@imgtec.com>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qsyousef@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1449580830-23652-7-git-send-email-qais.yousef@imgtec.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
include/linux/irq.h | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index 3c1c967..0817afd 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ struct irq_domain;
* Use accessor functions to deal with it
* @node: node index useful for balancing
* @handler_data: per-IRQ data for the irq_chip methods
- * @affinity: IRQ affinity on SMP
+ * @affinity: IRQ affinity on SMP. If this is an IPI
+ * related irq, then this is the mask of the
+ * CPUs to which an IPI can be sent.
* @msi_desc: MSI descriptor
*/
struct irq_common_data {