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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pil.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pil.h
index 71819bb943fc..d573820c0ff4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pil.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pil.h
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
*
* In fact any XCALL which has to etrap/rtrap has a problem because
* it is difficult to prevent rtrap from running BH's, and that would
- * need to be done if the XCALL arrived while %pil==15.
+ * need to be done if the XCALL arrived while %pil==PIL_NORMAL_MAX.
+ *
+ * Finally, in order to handle profiling events even when a
+ * local_irq_disable() is in progress, we only disable up to level 14
+ * interrupts. Profile counter overflow interrupts arrive at level
+ * 15.
*/
#define PIL_SMP_CALL_FUNC 1
#define PIL_SMP_RECEIVE_SIGNAL 2
@@ -18,5 +23,7 @@
#define PIL_SMP_CTX_NEW_VERSION 4
#define PIL_DEVICE_IRQ 5
#define PIL_SMP_CALL_FUNC_SNGL 6
+#define PIL_NORMAL_MAX 14
+#define PIL_NMI 15
#endif /* !(_SPARC64_PIL_H) */