diff -Nru linux/arch/mips64/kernel/time.c.orig linux/arch/mips64/kernel/time.c
--- linux/arch/mips64/kernel/time.c.orig	Thu Jan 24 15:14:25 2002
+++ linux/arch/mips64/kernel/time.c	Thu Apr 18 17:53:35 2002
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 extern volatile unsigned long wall_jiffies;
 
 /*
+ * whether we emulate local_timer_interrupts for SMP machines.
+ */
+int emulate_local_timer_interrupt;
+
+/*
  * By default we provide the null RTC ops
  */
 static unsigned long null_rtc_get_time(void)
@@ -283,6 +288,42 @@
 
 
 /*
+ * local_timer_interrupt() does profiling and process accounting
+ * on a per-CPU basis.  
+ *
+ * In UP mode, it is invoked from the (global) timer_interrupt.  
+ *
+ * In SMP mode, it might invoked by per-CPU timer interrupt, or
+ * a broadcasted inter-processor interrupt which itself is triggered
+ * by the global timer interrupt.
+ */
+void local_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	if(!user_mode(regs)) {
+		if (prof_buffer && current->pid) {
+			extern int _stext;
+			unsigned long pc = regs->cp0_epc;
+
+			pc -= (unsigned long) &_stext;
+			pc >>= prof_shift;
+			/*
+			 * Dont ignore out-of-bounds pc values silently,
+			 * put them into the last histogram slot, so if
+			 * present, they will show up as a sharp peak.
+			 */
+			if (pc > prof_len-1)
+			pc = prof_len-1;
+			atomic_inc((atomic_t *)&prof_buffer[pc]);
+		}
+	}
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	/* in UP mode, update_process_times() is invoked by do_timer() */
+	update_process_times(user_mode(regs));
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
  * high-level timer interrupt service routines.  This function
  * is set as irqaction->handler and is invoked through do_IRQ.
  */
@@ -309,24 +350,6 @@
 
 	}
 
-	if(!user_mode(regs)) {
-		if (prof_buffer && current->pid) {
-			extern int _stext;
-			unsigned long pc = regs->cp0_epc;
-
-			pc -= (unsigned long) &_stext;
-			pc >>= prof_shift;
-			/*
-			 * Dont ignore out-of-bounds pc values silently,
-			 * put them into the last histogram slot, so if
-			 * present, they will show up as a sharp peak.
-			 */
-			if (pc > prof_len-1)
-			pc = prof_len-1;
-			atomic_inc((atomic_t *)&prof_buffer[pc]);
-		}
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * call the generic timer interrupt handling
 	 */
@@ -359,6 +382,31 @@
 	if (!jiffies) {
 		timerhi = timerlo = 0;
 	}
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	/* 
+	 * In UP mode, we call local_timer_interrupt() to do profiling
+	 * and process accouting.  
+	 *
+	 * In SMP mode, local_timer_interrupt() is invoked by appropriate
+	 * low-level local timer interrupt handler.
+	 */
+	local_timer_interrupt(0, NULL, regs);
+
+#else	/* CONFIG_SMP */
+
+	if (emulate_local_timer_interrupt) {
+		/* 
+		 * this is the place where we send out inter-process
+		 * interrupts and let each CPU do its own profiling
+		 * and process accouting.
+		 *
+		 * Obviously we need to call local_timer_interrupt() for
+		 * the current CPU too.
+		 */
+		panic("Not implemented yet!!!");
+	}
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SMP */
 }
 
 asmlinkage void ll_timer_interrupt(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -377,6 +425,21 @@
 		do_softirq();
 }
 
+asmlinkage void ll_local_timer_interrupt(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+	irq_enter(cpu, irq);
+	kstat.irqs[cpu][irq]++;
+
+	/* we keep interrupt disabled all the time */
+	local_timer_interrupt(irq, NULL, regs);
+	
+	irq_exit(cpu, irq);
+
+	if (softirq_pending(cpu))
+		do_softirq();
+}
 
 /*
  * time_init() - it does the following things.
diff -Nru linux/include/asm-mips64/time.h.orig linux/include/asm-mips64/time.h
--- linux/include/asm-mips64/time.h.orig	Thu Apr 18 17:42:02 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-mips64/time.h	Thu Apr 18 18:13:29 2002
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2001 MontaVista Software Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, MontaVista Software Inc.
  * Author: Jun Sun, jsun@mvista.com or jsun@junsun.net
  *
  * include/asm-mips/time.h
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
  * the corresponding low-level timer interrupt routine.
  */
 asmlinkage void ll_timer_interrupt(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/*
+ * profiling and process accouting is done separately in local_timer_interrupt
+ */
+void local_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs);
+asmlinkage void ll_local_timer_interrupt(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 /*
  * board specific routines required by time_init().