[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/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 5a8ba0b..690113d 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
* IRQF_SHARED - allow sharing the irq among several devices
* IRQF_PROBE_SHARED - set by callers when they expect sharing mismatches to occur
* IRQF_TIMER - Flag to mark this interrupt as timer interrupt
+ * IRQF_PERCPU - Interrupt is per cpu
+ * IRQF_NOBALANCING - Flag to exclude this interrupt from irq balancing
*/
#define IRQF_DISABLED 0x00000020
#define IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM 0x00000040
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@
#define IRQF_PROBE_SHARED 0x00000100
#define IRQF_TIMER 0x00000200
#define IRQF_PERCPU 0x00000400
+#define IRQF_NOBALANCING 0x00000800
/*
* Migration helpers. Scheduled for removal in 1/2007