The patch titled x86_64: block irq balancing for timer has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was x86_64-block-irq-balancing-for-timer.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: x86_64: block irq balancing for timer From: Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx> Disable irq balancing on IRQ0. Several SIS chipsets lock up when you try to change affinity of IRQ #0. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c~x86_64-block-irq-balancing-for-timer arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c~x86_64-block-irq-balancing-for-timer +++ a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void stop_timer_interrupt(void) static struct irqaction irq0 = { .handler = timer_interrupt, - .flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL, + .flags = IRQF_DISABLED | IRQF_IRQPOLL | IRQF_NOBALANCING, .mask = CPU_MASK_NONE, .name = "timer" }; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx are git-acpi.patch cpufreq-move-policys-governor-initialisation-out-of-low-level-drivers-into-cpufreq-core.patch cpufreq-allow-ondemand-and-conservative-cpufreq-governors-to-be-used-as-default.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html