[PATCH] Add irq flag to disable balancing for an interrupt
Add a flag so we can prevent the irq balancing of an interrupt. Move the
bits, so we have room for more :)
Necessary for the ability to setup clocksources more flexible (e.g. use the
different HPET channels per CPU)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index acc5d9f..cd790ad 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@
if (new->flags & IRQF_PERCPU)
desc->status |= IRQ_PER_CPU;
#endif
+ /* Exclude IRQ from balancing */
+ if (new->flags & IRQF_NOBALANCING)
+ desc->status |= IRQ_NO_BALANCING;
+
if (!shared) {
irq_chip_set_defaults(desc->chip);