atomic_t irq_err_count;
+/*
+ * 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
+ * each architecture has to answer this themselves.
+ */
+void ack_bad_irq(unsigned int irq)
+{
+ printk(KERN_ERR "unexpected IRQ trap at vector %02x\n", irq);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
+ /*
+ * Currently unexpected vectors happen only on SMP and APIC.
+ * We _must_ ack these because every local APIC has only N
+ * irq slots per priority level, and a 'hanging, unacked' IRQ
+ * holds up an irq slot - in excessive cases (when multiple
+ * unexpected vectors occur) that might lock up the APIC
+ * completely.
+ * But only ack when the APIC is enabled -AK
+ */
+ if (cpu_has_apic)
+ ack_APIC_irq();
+#endif
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
# define irq_stats(x) (&per_cpu(irq_stat,x))
#else