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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c index da3c599..c752cb4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c @@ -558,6 +558,17 @@ void native_machine_shutdown(void) { /* Stop the cpus and apics */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC + /* + * Disabling IO APIC before local APIC is a workaround for + * erratum AVR31 in "Intel Atom Processor C2000 Product Family + * Specification Update". In this situation, interrupts that target + * a Logical Processor whose Local APIC is either in the process of + * being hardware disabled or software disabled are neither delivered + * nor discarded. When this erratum occurs, the processor may hang. + * + * Even without the erratum, it still makes sense to quiet IO APIC + * before disabling Local APIC. + */ disable_IO_APIC(); #endif |
