From 7def2be1dc679984f4c4fb3ef19a8a081b2454ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:49:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] sched: fix hotplug cpus on ia64

Cliff Wickman wrote:

> I built an ia64 kernel from Andrew's tree (2.6.26-rc2-mm1)
> and get a very predictable hotplug cpu problem.
> billberry1:/tmp/cpw # ./dis
> disabled cpu 17
> enabled cpu 17
> billberry1:/tmp/cpw # ./dis
> disabled cpu 17
> enabled cpu 17
> billberry1:/tmp/cpw # ./dis
>
> The script that disables the cpu always hangs (unkillable)
> on the 3rd attempt.
>
> And a bit further:
> The kstopmachine thread always sits on the run queue (real time) for about
> 30 minutes before running.

this fix solves some (but not all) issues between CPU hotplug and
RT bandwidth throttling.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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