diff -urN ksoftirqd-ref/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S ksoftirqd/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
--- ksoftirqd-ref/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S	Tue May  1 19:35:18 2001
+++ ksoftirqd/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S	Wed Jun 20 02:33:57 2001
@@ -531,13 +531,12 @@
 GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_leave_kernel)
 	PT_REGS_UNWIND_INFO(0)
 	cmp.eq p16,p0=r0,r0			// set the "first_time" flag
-	movl r15=PERCPU_ADDR+IA64_CPU_SOFTIRQ_ACTIVE_OFFSET  // r15 = &cpu_data.softirq.active
+	movl r15=PERCPU_ADDR+IA64_CPU_SOFTIRQ_PENDING_OFFSET  // r15 = &cpu_data.softirq.pendig
 	;;
 	ld8 r2=[r15]
 	movl r14=.restart
 	;;
 	lfetch.fault [sp]
-	shr.u r3=r2,32			// r3 = cpu_data.softirq.mask
 	MOVBR(.ret.sptk,rp,r14,.restart)
 .restart:
 	adds r17=IA64_TASK_NEED_RESCHED_OFFSET,r13
@@ -548,12 +547,11 @@
 	;;
 	ld8 r17=[r17]				// load current->need_resched
 	ld4 r18=[r18]				// load current->sigpending
-(p16)	and r2=r2,r3				// r2 <- (softirq.active & softirq.mask)
 	;;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERFMON
 	ld8 r19=[r19]				// load current->task.pfm_notify
 #endif
-(p16)	cmp4.ne.unc p6,p0=r2,r0			// p6 <- (softirq.active & softirq.mask) != 0
+(p16)	cmp4.ne.unc p6,p0=r3,r0			// p6 <- softirq.pending != 0
 (pUser)	cmp.ne.unc p7,p0=r17,r0			// current->need_resched != 0?
 	;;
 (pUser)	cmp.ne.unc p8,p0=r18,r0			// current->sigpending != 0?
diff -urN ksoftirqd-ref/arch/ia64/tools/print_offsets.c ksoftirqd/arch/ia64/tools/print_offsets.c
--- ksoftirqd-ref/arch/ia64/tools/print_offsets.c	Tue May  1 19:35:19 2001
+++ ksoftirqd/arch/ia64/tools/print_offsets.c	Wed Jun 20 02:47:58 2001
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@
     { "IA64_CLONE_VM",			CLONE_VM },
     { "IA64_CPU_IRQ_COUNT_OFFSET",	offsetof (struct cpuinfo_ia64, irq_stat.f.irq_count) },
     { "IA64_CPU_BH_COUNT_OFFSET",	offsetof (struct cpuinfo_ia64, irq_stat.f.bh_count) },
-    { "IA64_CPU_SOFTIRQ_ACTIVE_OFFSET",		offsetof (struct cpuinfo_ia64, softirq.active) },
-    { "IA64_CPU_SOFTIRQ_MASK_OFFSET",		offsetof (struct cpuinfo_ia64, softirq.mask) },
+    { "IA64_CPU_SOFTIRQ_PENDING_OFFSET",	offsetof (struct cpuinfo_ia64, softirq.pending) },
     { "IA64_CPU_PHYS_STACKED_SIZE_P8_OFFSET",	offsetof (struct cpuinfo_ia64, phys_stacked_size_p8) },
 };
 
diff -urN ksoftirqd-ref/include/asm-ia64/hardirq.h ksoftirqd/include/asm-ia64/hardirq.h
--- ksoftirqd-ref/include/asm-ia64/hardirq.h	Tue May  1 19:35:30 2001
+++ ksoftirqd/include/asm-ia64/hardirq.h	Wed Jun 20 03:53:28 2001
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 /*
  * No irq_cpustat_t for IA-64.  The data is held in the per-CPU data structure.
  */
-#define softirq_active(cpu)		(cpu_data[cpu].softirq.active)
-#define softirq_mask(cpu)		(cpu_data[cpu].softirq.mask)
+#define softirq_pending(cpu)		(cpu_data[cpu].softirq.pending)
+#define ksoftirqd_task(cpu)		(cpu_data[cpu].softirq.ksoftirqd_task)
 #define irq_count(cpu)			(cpu_data[cpu].irq_stat.f.irq_count)
 #define bh_count(cpu)			(cpu_data[cpu].irq_stat.f.bh_count)
 #define syscall_count(cpu)		/* unused on IA-64 */
 #define nmi_count(cpu)			0
 
-#define local_softirq_active()		(local_cpu_data->softirq.active)
-#define local_softirq_mask()		(local_cpu_data->softirq.mask)
+#define local_softirq_pending()		(local_cpu_data->softirq.pending)
+#define local_ksoftirqd_task()		(local_cpu_data->softirq.ksofitrqd_task)
 #define local_irq_count()		(local_cpu_data->irq_stat.f.irq_count)
 #define local_bh_count()		(local_cpu_data->irq_stat.f.bh_count)
 #define local_syscall_count()		/* unused on IA-64 */
diff -urN ksoftirqd-ref/include/asm-ia64/processor.h ksoftirqd/include/asm-ia64/processor.h
--- ksoftirqd-ref/include/asm-ia64/processor.h	Tue May  1 19:35:30 2001
+++ ksoftirqd/include/asm-ia64/processor.h	Wed Jun 20 03:18:58 2001
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@
 struct cpuinfo_ia64 {
 	/* irq_stat and softirq should be 64-bit aligned */
 	struct {
-		__u32 active;
-		__u32 mask;
+		__u64 pending;
+		struct task_struct * ksoftirqd_task;
 	} softirq;
 	union {
 		struct {
diff -urN ksoftirqd-ref/include/asm-ia64/softirq.h ksoftirqd/include/asm-ia64/softirq.h
--- ksoftirqd-ref/include/asm-ia64/softirq.h	Tue May  1 19:35:31 2001
+++ ksoftirqd/include/asm-ia64/softirq.h	Wed Jun 20 02:54:59 2001
@@ -8,7 +8,17 @@
 #include <asm/hardirq.h>
 
 #define local_bh_disable()	do { local_bh_count()++; barrier(); } while (0)
-#define local_bh_enable()	do { barrier(); local_bh_count()--; } while (0)
+#define __local_bh_enable()	do { barrier(); local_bh_count()--; } while (0)
+
+#define local_bh_enable()					\
+do {								\
+	int cpu;						\
+								\
+	barrier();						\
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();				\
+	if (!--local_bh_count() && softirq_pending(cpu))	\
+		do_softirq();					\
+} while (0)
 
 #define in_softirq()		(local_bh_count() != 0)