The functionality provided by the new safe_apic_wait_icr_idle is being open-coded all over "kernel/smpboot.c". Use safe_apic_wait_icr_idle instead to consolidate code and ease maintenance. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando at oss.ntt.co.jp> --- diff -urNp linux-2.6.21-rc7-orig/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c linux-2.6.21-rc7/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c --- linux-2.6.21-rc7-orig/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-04-18 15:27:48.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc7/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-04-18 15:44:41.000000000 +0900 @@ -568,8 +568,8 @@ static inline void __inquire_remote_apic static int __devinit wakeup_secondary_cpu(int logical_apicid, unsigned long start_eip) { - unsigned long send_status = 0, accept_status = 0; - int timeout, maxlvt; + unsigned long send_status, accept_status = 0; + int maxlvt; /* Target chip */ apic_write_around(APIC_ICR2, SET_APIC_DEST_FIELD(logical_apicid)); @@ -579,12 +579,7 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu(int logical_apicid, apic_write_around(APIC_ICR, APIC_DM_NMI | APIC_DEST_LOGICAL); Dprintk("Waiting for send to finish...\n"); - timeout = 0; - do { - Dprintk("+"); - udelay(100); - send_status = apic_read(APIC_ICR) & APIC_ICR_BUSY; - } while (send_status && (timeout++ < 1000)); + send_status = safe_apic_wait_icr_idle(); /* * Give the other CPU some time to accept the IPI. @@ -614,8 +609,8 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu(int logical_apicid, static int __devinit wakeup_secondary_cpu(int phys_apicid, unsigned long start_eip) { - unsigned long send_status = 0, accept_status = 0; - int maxlvt, timeout, num_starts, j; + unsigned long send_status, accept_status = 0; + int maxlvt, num_starts, j; /* * Be paranoid about clearing APIC errors. @@ -640,12 +635,7 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu(int phys_apicid, un | APIC_DM_INIT); Dprintk("Waiting for send to finish...\n"); - timeout = 0; - do { - Dprintk("+"); - udelay(100); - send_status = apic_read(APIC_ICR) & APIC_ICR_BUSY; - } while (send_status && (timeout++ < 1000)); + send_status = safe_apic_wait_icr_idle(); mdelay(10); @@ -658,12 +648,7 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu(int phys_apicid, un apic_write_around(APIC_ICR, APIC_INT_LEVELTRIG | APIC_DM_INIT); Dprintk("Waiting for send to finish...\n"); - timeout = 0; - do { - Dprintk("+"); - udelay(100); - send_status = apic_read(APIC_ICR) & APIC_ICR_BUSY; - } while (send_status && (timeout++ < 1000)); + send_status = safe_apic_wait_icr_idle(); atomic_set(&init_deasserted, 1); @@ -719,12 +704,7 @@ wakeup_secondary_cpu(int phys_apicid, un Dprintk("Startup point 1.\n"); Dprintk("Waiting for send to finish...\n"); - timeout = 0; - do { - Dprintk("+"); - udelay(100); - send_status = apic_read(APIC_ICR) & APIC_ICR_BUSY; - } while (send_status && (timeout++ < 1000)); + send_status = safe_apic_wait_icr_idle(); /* * Give the other CPU some time to accept the IPI.