--- linux/include/linux/interrupt.h.orig	Tue May 29 12:55:29 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/interrupt.h	Tue May 29 17:41:46 2001
@@ -74,20 +74,15 @@
 asmlinkage void do_softirq(void);
 extern void open_softirq(int nr, void (*action)(struct softirq_action*), void *data);
 
+/* Locally cached atomic variables are cheaper than cli/sti */
 static inline void __cpu_raise_softirq(int cpu, int nr)
 {
-	softirq_active(cpu) |= (1<<nr);
+	set_bit(nr, &softirq_active(cpu));
 }
 
-
-/* I do not want to use atomic variables now, so that cli/sti */
 static inline void raise_softirq(int nr)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__cpu_raise_softirq(smp_processor_id(), nr);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 extern void softirq_init(void);