Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] eth: bnxt: preserve IRQ affinity across IRQ reallocation
Pavan Chebbi <[email protected]>
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> Note2: this restores the side effect fcf42409c6e1 ("bnxt_en: use
> irq_update_affinity_hint()") removed, but not the problem it was
> fixing. The complaint there was that reopening the device resets
> the affinity and can move an IRQ onto a CPU irqbalance was told
> to stay away from. We now replay what user space or irqbalance
> last asked for, the driver's own placement is only used for
> a ring nobody has configured.
Spl thanks for this Note2. This saved me time!
>
> Note3: the combined irq_set_affinity_and_hint() looks like
> it may hide the failure from __irq_set_affinity(), but let's
> assume the IRQ maintainers know what their doing - either
> this can't happen or is intentional.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h | 11 ++-
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++------
> 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <[email protected]>
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