3 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 2b465dfde426..95d3949f2ae5 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,7 @@ static void run_hrtimer_pending(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base)
                 enum hrtimer_restart (*fn)(struct hrtimer *);
                 struct hrtimer *timer;
                 int restart;
+                int emulate_hardirq_ctx = 0;
 
                 timer = list_entry(cpu_base->cb_pending.next,
                                    struct hrtimer, cb_entry);
@@ -1217,10 +1218,24 @@ static void run_hrtimer_pending(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base)
                 timer_stats_account_hrtimer(timer);
 
                 fn = timer->function;
+                /*
+                 * A timer might have been added to the cb_pending list
+                 * when it was migrated during a cpu-offline operation.
+                 * Emulate hardirq context for such timers.
+                 */
+                if (timer->cb_mode == HRTIMER_CB_IRQSAFE_PERCPU ||
+                    timer->cb_mode == HRTIMER_CB_IRQSAFE_UNLOCKED)
+                        emulate_hardirq_ctx = 1;
+
                 __remove_hrtimer(timer, timer->base, HRTIMER_STATE_CALLBACK, 0);
                 spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_base->lock);
 
-                restart = fn(timer);
+                if (unlikely(emulate_hardirq_ctx)) {
+                        local_irq_disable();
+                        restart = fn(timer);
+                        local_irq_enable();
+                } else
+                        restart = fn(timer);
 
                 spin_lock_irq(&cpu_base->lock);
 
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 7110daeb9a90..e7c69a720d69 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -269,10 +269,11 @@ void irq_enter(void)
 {
         int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-        if (idle_cpu(cpu) && !in_interrupt())
+        if (idle_cpu(cpu) && !in_interrupt()) {
+                __irq_enter();
                 tick_check_idle(cpu);
-
-        __irq_enter();
+        } else
+                __irq_enter();
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 5bbb1044f847..342fc9ccab46 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void)
  */
 static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
 {
+#if 0
+        /* Switch back to 2.6.27 behaviour */
+
         struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
         ktime_t delta, now;
 
@@ -584,6 +587,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
                 return;
 
         tick_nohz_restart(ts, now);
+#endif
 }
 
 #else