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>
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 @@
* 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 {