Merge ../torvalds-2.6/

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/system.h b/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
index 85348e02ad2e..b34cc2ee222b 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
 #define local_irq_enable()      __asm__ __volatile__("sti": : :"memory")
 /* used in the idle loop; sti takes one instruction cycle to complete */
 #define safe_halt()             __asm__ __volatile__("sti; hlt": : :"memory")
+/* used when interrupts are already enabled or to shutdown the processor */
+#define halt()                  __asm__ __volatile__("hlt": : :"memory")
 
 #define irqs_disabled()                 \
 ({                                      \