Hello, tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() and tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick() pair in cpu_idle() is different from 32-bit version.
From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: move out tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() call from the loop Move out tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() call from the loop in cpu_idle same as 32-bit version. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c index 93ce4f3..6870208 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c @@ -170,14 +170,13 @@ void cpu_idle(void) current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING; /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */ while (1) { + tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(); while (!need_resched()) { void (*idle)(void); if (__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state)) __get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state) = 0; - tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(); - rmb(); idle = pm_idle; if (!idle) -- 1.5.3.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/