[PATCH 14/25] genirq: Update request_percpu_nmi() to take an affinity

[Marc Zyngier]

On Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:45:36 +0100,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 08 2025 at 17:31, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > @@ -2564,13 +2566,14 @@ int request_percpu_nmi(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
> >  	    !irq_supports_nmi(desc))
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  
> > -	/* The line cannot already be NMI */
> > -	if (irq_is_nmi(desc))
> > +	/* The line cannot be NMI already if the new request covers all CPUs */
> > +	if (irq_is_nmi(desc) &&
> > +	    (!affinity || cpumask_equal(affinity, cpu_possible_mask)))
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> 
> This check looks odd. What makes sure that the affinities do not
> overlap?

The following patch in the series does, at the point of adding the new
irqaction to the list. This is modelled after the current handling of
shared interrupts.

	M.

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