在Linux内核中，每个提供中断分发和逻辑处理判断等能力的芯片用irq_chip描述，定义形式如下：
/**
* struct irq_chip - hardware interrupt chip descriptor
**/
struct irq_chip {
struct device *parent_device;
const char *name;
unsigned int (*irq_startup)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_shutdown)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_enable)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_disable)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_ack)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_mask)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_mask_ack)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_unmask)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_eoi)(struct irq_data *data);
int (*irq_set_affinity)(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *dest, bool force);
int (*irq_retrigger)(struct irq_data *data);
int (*irq_set_type)(struct irq_data *data, unsigned int flow_type);
int (*irq_set_wake)(struct irq_data *data, unsigned int on);
void (*irq_bus_lock)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_bus_sync_unlock)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_cpu_online)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_cpu_offline)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_suspend)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_resume)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_pm_shutdown)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_calc_mask)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_print_chip)(struct irq_data *data, struct seq_file *p);
int (*irq_request_resources)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_release_resources)(struct irq_data *data);
void (*irq_compose_msi_msg)(struct irq_data *data, struct msi_msg *msg);
void (*irq_write_msi_msg)(struct irq_data *data, struct msi_msg *msg);
int (*irq_get_irqchip_state)(struct irq_data *data, enum irqchip_irq_state which, bool *state);
int (*irq_set_irqchip_state)(struct irq_data *data, enum irqchip_irq_state which, bool state);
int (*irq_set_vcpu_affinity)(struct irq_data *data, void *vcpu_info);
void (*ipi_send_single)(struct irq_data *data, unsigned int cpu);
void (*ipi_send_mask)(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *dest);
unsigned long flags;
};
