ipr_set_affinity_nobalance(9)

💅 ipr_set_affinity_nobalance — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is a little function called ipr_set_affinity_nobalance. it's a 9-section function page, which means kernel-internal, which means main character energy only. buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ipr_set_affinity_nobalance — and honestly? the manpage left the description completely blank after the dash. not a single word. iconic of it, honestly. so we're just gonna have to read the rest of the page like the detectives we are 🕵️‍♀️✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ipr_set_affinity_nobalance (struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg , bool flag );

returns void, meaning it gives you nothing back, and honestly? sometimes that's the healthiest thing a function can do 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• ioa_cfg — the ipr_ioa_cfg struct for an ipr device. that's your adapter's whole little personality in struct form 🫶
• flag — a bool, and here's the vibe check:
  • true → enable the "IRQ_NO_BALANCING" bit for the msix interrupt
  • false → disable the "IRQ_NO_BALANCING" bit for the msix interrupt

so it's literally a little on/off switch, no cap 🔥

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this function gets called to disable/enable "IRQ_NO_BALANCING" — and the why is the good part: it's so the irqbalance daemon doesn't just barge in and start rebalancing interrupts while the adapter is mid-reset. like bestie, READ THE ROOM, we are RESETTING 😭💀

irqbalance kicking in during an adapter reset = the exact chaos this function exists to prevent. respect the boundaries, daemon. 🚫🕺

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay so this is the part where the page absolutely ATE. the whole ./drivers/scsi/ipr.c cast list, and i'm listing every single one because they all deserve their name in lights 👑

ipr_trc_hook(9), ipr_lock_and_done(9), ipr_reinit_ipr_cmnd(9), ipr_init_ipr_cmnd(9), __ipr_get_free_ipr_cmnd(9), ipr_get_free_ipr_cmnd(9), ipr_mask_and_clear_interrupts(9), ipr_save_pcix_cmd_reg(9), ipr_set_pcix_cmd_reg(9), __ipr_scsi_eh_done(9), ipr_scsi_eh_done(9), ipr_fail_all_ops(9), ipr_send_command(9), ipr_do_req(9), ipr_internal_cmd_done(9), ipr_init_ioadl(9), ipr_send_blocking_cmd(9), ipr_send_hcam(9), ipr_init_res_entry(9), ipr_is_same_device(9), __ipr_format_res_path(9), ipr_format_res_path(9), ipr_update_res_entry(9), ipr_clear_res_target(9), ipr_handle_config_change(9), ipr_process_ccn(9), strip_whitespace(9), ipr_log_vpd_compact(9), ipr_log_vpd(9), ipr_log_ext_vpd_compact(9), ipr_log_ext_vpd(9), ipr_log_enhanced_cache_error(9), ipr_log_cache_error(9), ipr_log_enhanced_config_error(9), ipr_log_sis64_config_error(9), ipr_log_config_error(9), ipr_log_enhanced_array_error(9), ipr_log_array_error(9), ipr_log_hex_data(9), ipr_log_enhanced_dual_ioa_error(9), ipr_log_dual_ioa_error(9), ipr_log_fabric_path(9), ipr_log64_fabric_path(9), ipr_log_path_elem(9), ipr_log64_path_elem(9), ipr_log_fabric_error(9), ipr_log_sis64_array_error(9), ipr_log_sis64_fabric_error(9), ipr_log_sis64_service_required_error(9), ipr_log_generic_error(9), ipr_log_sis64_device_error(9), ipr_get_error(9), ipr_handle_log_data(9), ipr_process_error(9), ipr_timeout(9), ipr_oper_timeout(9), ipr_find_ses_entry(9), ipr_get_max_scsi_speed(9), ipr_wait_iodbg_ack(9), ipr_get_sis64_dump_data_section(9), ipr_get_ldump_data_section(9), ipr_sdt_copy(9), ipr_init_dump_entry_hdr(9), ipr_dump_ioa_type_data(9), ipr_dump_version_data(9), ipr_dump_trace_data(9), ipr_dump_location_data(9), ipr_get_ioa_dump(9), ipr_release_dump(9), ipr_worker_thread(9), ipr_read_trace(9), ipr_show_fw_version(9), ipr_show_log_level(9), ipr_store_log_level(9), ipr_store_diagnostics(9), ipr_show_adapter_state(9), ipr_store_adapter_state(9), ipr_store_reset_adapter(9), ipr_store_iopoll_weight(9), ipr_alloc_ucode_buffer(9), ipr_free_ucode_buffer(9), ipr_copy_ucode_buffer(9), ipr_build_ucode_ioadl64(9), ipr_build_ucode_ioadl(9), ipr_update_ioa_ucode(9), ipr_store_update_fw(9), ipr_show_fw_type(9), ipr_read_dump(9), ipr_alloc_dump(9), ipr_free_dump(9), ipr_write_dump(9), ipr_change_queue_depth(9), ipr_show_adapter_handle(9), ipr_show_resource_path(9), ipr_show_device_id(9), ipr_show_resource_type(9), ipr_show_raw_mode(9), ipr_store_raw_mode(9), ipr_biosparam(9), ipr_find_starget(9), ipr_target_destroy(9), ipr_find_sdev(9), ipr_sdev_destroy(9), ipr_sdev_configure(9), ipr_sdev_init(9), ipr_match_lun(9), ipr_cmnd_is_free(9), ipr_wait_for_ops(9), ipr_device_reset(9), __ipr_eh_dev_reset(9), ipr_bus_reset_done(9), ipr_abort_timeout(9), ipr_cancel_op(9), ipr_scan_finished(9), ipr_eh_abort(9), ipr_handle_other_interrupt(9), ipr_isr_eh(9), ipr_isr(9), ipr_isr_mhrrq(9), ipr_build_ioadl64(9), ipr_build_ioadl(9), __ipr_erp_done(9), ipr_erp_done(9), ipr_reinit_ipr_cmnd_for_erp(9), __ipr_erp_request_sense(9), ipr_erp_request_sense(9), ipr_erp_cancel_all(9), ipr_dump_ioasa(9), ipr_gen_sense(9), ipr_get_autosense(9), ipr_erp_start(9), ipr_scsi_done(9), ipr_queuecommand(9), ipr_ioa_info(9),

ipr_ioa_bringdown_done(9), ipr_ioa_reset_done(9), ipr_set_sup_dev_dflt(9), ipr_set_supported_devs(9), ipr_get_mode_page(9), ipr_check_term_power(9), ipr_scsi_bus_speed_limit(9), ipr_modify_ioafp_mode_page_28(9), ipr_build_mode_select(9), ipr_ioafp_mode_select_page28(9), ipr_build_mode_sense(9), ipr_reset_cmd_failed(9), ipr_reset_mode_sense_failed(9), ipr_ioafp_mode_sense_page28(9), ipr_ioafp_mode_select_page24(9), ipr_reset_mode_sense_page24_failed(9), ipr_ioafp_mode_sense_page24(9), ipr_init_res_table(9), ipr_ioafp_query_ioa_cfg(9), ipr_ioafp_set_caching_parameters(9), ipr_ioafp_inquiry(9), ipr_inquiry_page_supported(9), ipr_ioafp_pageC4_inquiry(9), ipr_ioafp_cap_inquiry(9), ipr_ioafp_page3_inquiry(9), ipr_ioafp_page0_inquiry(9), ipr_ioafp_std_inquiry(9), ipr_ioafp_identify_hrrq(9), ipr_reset_timer_done(9), ipr_reset_start_timer(9), ipr_init_ioa_mem(9), ipr_reset_next_stage(9), ipr_reset_enable_ioa(9), ipr_reset_wait_for_dump(9), ipr_unit_check_no_data(9), ipr_get_unit_check_buffer(9), ipr_reset_get_unit_check_job(9), ipr_reset_restore_cfg_space(9), ipr_reset_bist_done(9), ipr_reset_start_bist(9), ipr_reset_slot_reset_done(9), ipr_reset_reset_work(9), ipr_reset_slot_reset(9), ipr_reset_block_config_access_wait(9), ipr_reset_block_config_access(9), ipr_reset_allowed(9), ipr_reset_wait_to_start_bist(9), ipr_reset_alert(9), ipr_reset_quiesce_done(9), ipr_reset_cancel_hcam_done(9), ipr_reset_cancel_hcam(9), ipr_reset_ucode_download_done(9), ipr_reset_ucode_download(9), ipr_reset_shutdown_ioa(9), ipr_reset_ioa_job(9), _ipr_initiate_ioa_reset(9), ipr_initiate_ioa_reset(9), ipr_reset_freeze(9), ipr_pci_mmio_enabled(9), ipr_pci_frozen(9), ipr_pci_slot_reset(9), ipr_pci_perm_failure(9), ipr_pci_error_detected(9),

ipr_probe_ioa_part2(9), ipr_free_cmd_blks(9), ipr_free_mem(9), ipr_free_irqs(9), ipr_free_all_resources(9), ipr_alloc_cmd_blks(9), ipr_alloc_mem(9), ipr_initialize_bus_attr(9), ipr_init_regs(9), ipr_init_ioa_cfg(9), ipr_get_chip_info(9), ipr_wait_for_pci_err_recovery(9), ipr_test_intr(9), ipr_test_msi(9), ipr_initiate_ioa_bringdown(9), __ipr_remove(9), ipr_remove(9), ipr_probe(9), ipr_shutdown(9), ipr_halt_done(9), ipr_halt(9), ipr_init(9), ipr_exit(9)

no i did not forget any of them and yes i did check twice 💅🔍 that's the whole squad, ./drivers/scsi/ipr.c said "family" and meant it 🫶

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and that's the page!! lowkey a tiny little function with a huge cast list, and honestly? balance. 🎀

<div>so like, this page is from Kernel API Manual, out of ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026 ✨ go read ipr_set_affinity_nobalance(9) and remember: no rebalancing during reset, periodt 💜</div>