[PATCH] [39/45] x86_64: block irq balancing for timer

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

From: Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>

Disable irq balancing on IRQ0.  Several SIS chipsets lock up when you try to
change affinity of IRQ #0.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void stop_timer_interrupt(void)
 
 static struct irqaction irq0 = {
 	.handler	= timer_interrupt,
-	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL,
+	.flags		= IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL | IRQF_NOBALANCING,
 	.mask		= CPU_MASK_NONE,
 	.name		= "timer"
 };
-
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