2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
index 7519fc520eb3..3060ed97b755 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state);
 
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
-/* We don't actually take CPU down, just spin without interrupts. */
+/* We halt the CPU with physical CPU hotplug */
 static inline void play_dead(void)
 {
         idle_task_exit();
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ static inline void play_dead(void)
         /* Ack it */
         __get_cpu_var(cpu_state) = CPU_DEAD;
 
+        local_irq_disable();
         while (1)
-                safe_halt();
+                halt();
 }
 #else
 static inline void play_dead(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/syscall.c
index e263685f864c..7c176b3edde0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ typedef void (*sys_call_ptr_t)(void);
 
 extern void sys_ni_syscall(void);
 
-sys_call_ptr_t sys_call_table[__NR_syscall_max+1] __cacheline_aligned = { 
+const sys_call_ptr_t sys_call_table[__NR_syscall_max+1] = {
         /* Smells like a like a compiler bug -- it doesn't work when the & below is removed. */ 
         [0 ... __NR_syscall_max] = &sys_ni_syscall,
 #include <asm-x86_64/unistd.h>