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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2011-03-08 10:55:06 +1100
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2011-03-08 10:55:06 +1100
commit1cc26bada9f6807814806db2f0d78792eecdac71 (patch)
tree5509b5139db04af6c13db0a580c84116a4a54039 /init/main.c
parenteae61f3c829439f8f9121b5cd48a14be04df451f (diff)
parent214d93b02c4fe93638ad268613c9702a81ed9192 (diff)
Merge branch 'master'; commit 'v2.6.38-rc7' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'init/main.c')
-rw-r--r--init/main.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 00799c1d46288..33c37c379e964 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ static inline void mark_rodata_ro(void) { }
extern void tc_init(void);
#endif
+/*
+ * Debug helper: via this flag we know that we are in 'early bootup code'
+ * where only the boot processor is running with IRQ disabled. This means
+ * two things - IRQ must not be enabled before the flag is cleared and some
+ * operations which are not allowed with IRQ disabled are allowed while the
+ * flag is set.
+ */
+bool early_boot_irqs_disabled __read_mostly;
+
enum system_states system_state __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_state);
@@ -554,7 +563,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
cgroup_init_early();
local_irq_disable();
- early_boot_irqs_off();
+ early_boot_irqs_disabled = true;
/*
* Interrupts are still disabled. Do necessary setups, then
@@ -621,7 +630,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
if (!irqs_disabled())
printk(KERN_CRIT "start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were "
"enabled early\n");
- early_boot_irqs_on();
+ early_boot_irqs_disabled = false;
local_irq_enable();
/* Interrupts are enabled now so all GFP allocations are safe. */