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-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index ac7684324954..80e9b498c443 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
int sis_apic_bug; /* not actually supported, dummy for compile */
+static int no_timer_check;
+
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ioapic_lock);
/*
@@ -1601,7 +1603,7 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
* Ok, does IRQ0 through the IOAPIC work?
*/
unmask_IO_APIC_irq(0);
- if (timer_irq_works()) {
+ if (!no_timer_check && timer_irq_works()) {
nmi_watchdog_default();
if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_IO_APIC) {
disable_8259A_irq(0);
@@ -1671,6 +1673,13 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
panic("IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the 'noapic' kernel parameter\n");
}
+static int __init notimercheck(char *s)
+{
+ no_timer_check = 1;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("no_timer_check", notimercheck);
+
/*
*
* IRQ's that are handled by the PIC in the MPS IOAPIC case.