Merge branch 'consolidate-clksrc-i8253' of master.kernel.org:~rmk/linux-2.6-arm into timers/clocksource

Conflicts:
	arch/ia64/kernel/cyclone.c
	arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c
	arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c

Reason: Resolve conflicts so further cleanups do not conflict further

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/time-ts.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/time-ts.c
index 4a013714500b..9e9b60d969dc 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/time-ts.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/time-ts.c
@@ -175,8 +175,14 @@ irqreturn_t bfin_gptmr0_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *evt = dev_id;
 	smp_mb();
-	evt->event_handler(evt);
+	/*
+	 * We want to ACK before we handle so that we can handle smaller timer
+	 * intervals.  This way if the timer expires again while we're handling
+	 * things, we're more likely to see that 2nd int rather than swallowing
+	 * it by ACKing the int at the end of this handler.
+	 */
 	bfin_gptmr0_ack();
+	evt->event_handler(evt);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }