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

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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>

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Qais Yousef 2015-12-08 13:20:17 +00:00 • committed by Thomas Gleixner

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