linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/14] x86_64 irq: Remove unnecessary irq 0 setup.

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Date:	Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:36:25 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@...radead.org>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Lu, Yinghai" <yinghai.lu@....com>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] x86_64 irq: Remove unnecessary irq 0 setup.


The code in io_apic.c and in i8259.c currently hardcode the same
vector for the timer interrupt so there is no reason for a special
assignment for the timer as the setup for the i8259 already takes care
of this.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
index 01e2cf0..103517d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -520,12 +520,6 @@ void __init init_IRQ(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/*
-	 * IRQ0 must be given a fixed assignment and initialized,
-	 * because it's used before the IO-APIC is set up.
-	 */
-	__get_cpu_var(vector_irq)[FIRST_DEVICE_VECTOR] = 0;
-
-	/*
 	 * The reschedule interrupt is a CPU-to-CPU reschedule-helper
 	 * IPI, driven by wakeup.
 	 */
-- 
1.5.0.g53756

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