linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/8] x86: I/O APIC: Unmask the second-chance timer interrupt

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2008 21:19:40 +0100 (BST)
From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] x86: I/O APIC: Unmask the second-chance timer interrupt

 Unmask the timer interrupt line set up in the through-8259A mode
explicitly after setup_timer_IRQ0_pin() has set up the I/O APIC interrupt
redirection entry to let the two operations be unbound from each other.

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org>
---
patch-2.6.26-rc1-20080505-timer-8259-unmask-0
diff -up --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c
--- linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c	2008-05-25 22:02:20.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c	2008-05-25 22:17:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -2185,6 +2185,7 @@ static inline void __init check_timer(vo
 		 * legacy devices should be connected to IO APIC #0
 		 */
 		setup_timer_IRQ0_pin(apic2, pin2, vector);
+		unmask_IO_APIC_irq(0);
 		enable_8259A_irq(0);
 		if (timer_irq_works()) {
 			printk("works.\n");
diff -up --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c
--- linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c	2008-05-25 22:03:58.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c	2008-05-25 22:17:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1691,6 +1691,7 @@ static inline void __init check_timer(vo
 		 * legacy devices should be connected to IO APIC #0
 		 */
 		setup_timer_IRQ0_pin(apic2, pin2, cfg->vector);
+		unmask_IO_APIC_irq(0);
 		enable_8259A_irq(0);
 		if (timer_irq_works()) {
 			apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE," works.\n");
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