Merge branch 'x86-stage-3-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86-stage-3-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (190 commits)
  Revert "cpuacct: reduce one NULL check in fast-path"
  Revert "x86: don't compile vsmp_64 for 32bit"
  x86: Correct behaviour of irq affinity
  x86: early_ioremap_init(), use __fix_to_virt(), because we are sure it's safe
  x86: use default_cpu_mask_to_apicid for 64bit
  x86: fix set_extra_move_desc calling
  x86, PAT, PCI: Change vma prot in pci_mmap to reflect inherited prot
  x86/dmi: fix dmi_alloc() section mismatches
  x86: e820 fix various signedness issues in setup.c and e820.c
  x86: apic/io_apic.c define msi_ir_chip and ir_ioapic_chip all the time
  x86: irq.c keep CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC interrupts together
  x86: irq.c use same path for show_interrupts
  x86: cpu/cpu.h cleanup
  x86: Fix a couple of sparse warnings in arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
  Revert "x86: create a non-zero sized bm_pte only when needed"
  x86: pci-nommu.c cleanup
  x86: io_delay.c cleanup
  x86: rtc.c cleanup
  x86: i8253 cleanup
  x86: kdebugfs.c cleanup
  ...

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 6907b8e85d5..4c80f155743 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -414,9 +414,17 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
 	   that might execute the to be patched code.
 	   Other CPUs are not running. */
 	stop_nmi();
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
-	stop_mce();
-#endif
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't stop machine check exceptions while patching.
+	 * MCEs only happen when something got corrupted and in this
+	 * case we must do something about the corruption.
+	 * Ignoring it is worse than a unlikely patching race.
+	 * Also machine checks tend to be broadcast and if one CPU
+	 * goes into machine check the others follow quickly, so we don't
+	 * expect a machine check to cause undue problems during to code
+	 * patching.
+	 */
 
 	apply_alternatives(__alt_instructions, __alt_instructions_end);
 
@@ -456,9 +464,6 @@ void __init alternative_instructions(void)
 				(unsigned long)__smp_locks_end);
 
 	restart_nmi();
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
-	restart_mce();
-#endif
 }
 
 /**