From 02fead75055246d01af56a45a9d1b311d506da3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:22:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [SPARC64]: Do not try to synchronize %stick registers on SUN4V. Writes by privileged code are not allowed. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c index d637168ce37d..2dbe008d6b7a 100644 --- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c @@ -1278,7 +1278,11 @@ int __devinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu) if (!cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_online_map)) { ret = -ENODEV; } else { - smp_synchronize_one_tick(cpu); + /* On SUN4V, writes to %tick and %stick are + * not allowed. + */ + if (tlb_type != hypervisor) + smp_synchronize_one_tick(cpu); } } return ret;