[IA64] - Allow IPIs in timer loop

Allow pending IPIs to interrupt a timer interrupt that is looping
in the do_timer() "while" loop in timer_interrupt(). (Interrupts are
allowed at only 1 spot in the code).

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 41169a9bc301..39e0cd3a0884 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ timer_interrupt (int irq, void *dev_id)
 
                 if (time_after(new_itm, ia64_get_itc()))
                         break;
+
+                /*
+                 * Allow IPIs to interrupt the timer loop.
+                 */
+                local_irq_enable();
+                local_irq_disable();
         }
 
         do {