genirq: Delegate irq affinity setting to the irq thread

irq_set_thread_affinity() calls set_cpus_allowed_ptr() which might
sleep, but irq_set_thread_affinity() is called with desc->lock held
and can be called from hard interrupt context as well. The code has
another bug as it does not hold a ref on the task struct as required
by set_cpus_allowed_ptr().

Just set the IRQTF_AFFINITY bit in action->thread_flags. The next time
the thread runs it migrates itself. Solves all of the above problems
nicely.

Add kerneldoc to irq_set_thread_affinity() while at it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 2721f07e9354..88b056ac5629 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@
  * IRQTF_RUNTHREAD - signals that the interrupt handler thread should run
  * IRQTF_DIED      - handler thread died
  * IRQTF_WARNED    - warning "IRQ_WAKE_THREAD w/o thread_fn" has been printed
+ * IRQTF_AFFINITY  - irq thread is requested to adjust affinity
  */
 enum {
         IRQTF_RUNTHREAD,
         IRQTF_DIED,
         IRQTF_WARNED,
+        IRQTF_AFFINITY,
 };
 
 typedef irqreturn_t (*irq_handler_t)(int, void *);