x86: fix NMI watchdog & 'stopped time' problem

x86: fix NMI watchdog & 'stopped time' problem

More than 3 years ago Niclas Gustafsson reported a 'stopped time'
problem:

> Watching the /proc/interrupts with 10s apart after the "stop".
>
> [root@s151 root]# more /proc/interrupts
>            CPU0
>   0:   66413955  local-APIC-edge  timer
[...]
> LOC:   67355837
> ERR:          0
> MIS:          0
> [root@s151 root]# more /proc/interrupts
>            CPU0
>   0:   66413955  local-APIC-edge  timer
[...]
> LOC:   67379568
> ERR:          0
> MIS:          0

This may be because buggy SMM firmware messes with the 8259A (configured
for a transparent mode -- yes that rare "local-APIC-edge" mode is tricky
;-) ) insanely.

this should resolve:

  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2544
  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6296

Patch-dusted-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>