Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
  Cross-compilation between e.g. i386 -> 64bit could break -> work around it
  [IA64] Enable early console for Ski simulator
  [IA64] forbid ptrace changes psr.ri to 3
  [IA64] Failure to grow RBS
  [IA64] Fix processor_get_freq
  [IA64] SGI Altix : fix a force_interrupt bug on altix
  [IA64] Update arch/ia64/configs/* s/SLAB/SLUB/
  [IA64] get back PT_IA_64_UNWIND program header
  [IA64] need NOTES in vmlinux.lds.S
  [IA64] make unwinder stop at last frame of the bootloader
  [IA64] Clean up CPE handler registration
  [IA64] Include Kconfig.preempt
  [IA64] SN2 needs platform specific irq_to_vector() function.
  [IA64] Use atomic64_read to read an atomic64_t.
  [IA64] disable irq's and check need_resched before safe_halt

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index 4158906c45aa..c613fc0e91cc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -198,9 +198,13 @@ default_idle (void)
 {
         local_irq_enable();
         while (!need_resched()) {
-                if (can_do_pal_halt)
-                        safe_halt();
-                else
+                if (can_do_pal_halt) {
+                        local_irq_disable();
+                        if (!need_resched()) {
+                                safe_halt();
+                        }
+                        local_irq_enable();
+                } else
                         cpu_relax();
         }
 }