block irq balancing for timer From: Venki Pallipadi Disable irq balancing on IRQ0. Several SIS chipsets lock up when you try to change affinity of IRQ #0. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: john stultz Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 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" };