__inquire_remote_apic is used for APIC debugging, so use safe_apic_wait_icr_idle instead of apic_wait_icr_idle to avoid possible lockups when APIC delivery fails. 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 15:49:33.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc7/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c 2007-04-18 16:36:27.000000000 +0900 @@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ static inline void __inquire_remote_apic { int i, regs[] = { APIC_ID >> 4, APIC_LVR >> 4, APIC_SPIV >> 4 }; char *names[] = { "ID", "VERSION", "SPIV" }; - int timeout, status; + int timeout; + unsigned long status; printk("Inquiring remote APIC #%d...\n", apicid); @@ -536,7 +537,9 @@ static inline void __inquire_remote_apic /* * Wait for idle. */ - apic_wait_icr_idle(); + status = safe_apic_wait_icr_idle(); + if (status) + printk("a previous APIC delivery may have failed\n"); apic_write_around(APIC_ICR2, SET_APIC_DEST_FIELD(apicid)); apic_write_around(APIC_ICR, APIC_DM_REMRD | regs[i]);