[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>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 5a8ba0b8ccba..690113d07698 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