if (ret)
return ret;
- /*
- * Disable the local APIC. Otherwise IPI broadcasts will reach
- * it. It still responds normally to INIT, NMI, SMI, and SIPI
- * messages.
- */
- apic_soft_disable();
cpu_disable_common();
+ /*
+ * Disable the local APIC. Otherwise IPI broadcasts will reach
+ * it. It still responds normally to INIT, NMI, SMI, and SIPI
+ * messages.
+ *
+ * Disabling the APIC must happen after cpu_disable_common()
+ * which invokes fixup_irqs().
+ *
+ * Disabling the APIC preserves already set bits in IRR, but
+ * an interrupt arriving after disabling the local APIC does not
+ * set the corresponding IRR bit.
+ *
+ * fixup_irqs() scans IRR for set bits so it can raise a not
+ * yet handled interrupt on the new destination CPU via an IPI
+ * but obviously it can't do so for IRR bits which are not set.
+ * IOW, interrupts arriving after disabling the local APIC will
+ * be lost.
+ */
+ apic_soft_disable();
+
return 0;
}