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From: "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@intel.com>
To: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Saxena, Sunil" <sunil.saxena@intel.com>,
	"Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>,
	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] idle using PNI monitor/mwait (take 2)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:41:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7F740D512C7C1046AB53446D3720017304AF0D@scsmsx402.sc.intel.com> (raw)

We are doing this as defensive programming (because of bogus device
drivers, for example), like the other idle routines (default_idle, and
poll_idle) always do. 

BTW, I'm not sure that local_irq_disable() is really required below (as
you know, "sti" is hiding in safe_halt()).

void default_idle(void)
{
	if (!hlt_counter && current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok) {
=>		local_irq_disable();
		if (!need_resched())
			safe_halt();
		else
			local_irq_enable();
	}
}

Thanks,
Jun


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@osdl.org]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: Nakajima, Jun
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Saxena, Sunil; Mallick, Asit K;
> Pallipadi, Venkatesh
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] idle using PNI monitor/mwait (take 2)
> 
> "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Attached is a patch that enables PNI (Prescott New Instructions)
> > monitor/mwait in the kernel idle.
> 
> Thanks, looks good.
> 
> Why is there a local_irq_enable() on entry to mwait_idle()?


             reply	other threads:[~2003-09-05 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-05 20:41 Nakajima, Jun [this message]
2003-09-05 21:14 ` [PATCH] idle using PNI monitor/mwait (take 2) Jamie Lokier
2003-09-05 22:03   ` Jamie Lokier
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-09-06  1:03 Nakajima, Jun
2003-09-06  9:58 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-09-05  2:19 Nakajima, Jun
2003-09-05 17:14 ` Andrew Morton

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