1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c
index 9d41e07b0c95..e3fffdfcc674 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/interrupt.c
@@ -63,7 +63,24 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct iic, iic);
 
 void iic_local_enable(void)
 {
-        out_be64(&__get_cpu_var(iic).regs->prio, 0xff);
+        struct iic *iic = &__get_cpu_var(iic);
+        u64 tmp;
+
+        /*
+         * There seems to be a bug that is present in DD2.x CPUs
+         * and still only partially fixed in DD3.1.
+         * This bug causes a value written to the priority register
+         * not to make it there, resulting in a system hang unless we
+         * write it again.
+         * Masking with 0xf0 is done because the Cell BE does not
+         * implement the lower four bits of the interrupt priority,
+         * they always read back as zeroes, although future CPUs
+         * might implement different bits.
+         */
+        do {
+                out_be64(&iic->regs->prio, 0xff);
+                tmp = in_be64(&iic->regs->prio);
+        } while ((tmp & 0xf0) != 0xf0);
 }
 
 void iic_local_disable(void)