Add hrtimer_start_on() support

This patch adds hrtimer_start_on(), which allows arming timers on
remote CPUs.  This is needed to avoided timer interrupts on "shielded"
CPUs and is also useful for implementing semi-partitioned schedulers.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
index 666c89ec4bd7..82545836e1a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
  */
 #define LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR              0xef
 
+/*
+ * LITMUS^RT pull timers IRQ vector.
+ * Make sure it's not used by Linux.
+ */
+#define PULL_TIMERS_VECTOR              0xdf
+
 #define NR_VECTORS                       256
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC