Re: [PATCH 1/3] dynticks - implement no idle hz for x86

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 10:27:43AM -0700, Nish Aravamudan wrote:
> enter_all_cpus_idle() and exit_all_cpus_idle() would be better?

Looks perfect.

> No, I was saying what you were, if a little unclearly, so the caller
> does something like:
> 
> current_dyn_tick_timer->reprogram();
> check_cpu_mask(nohz_cpu_mask);
> if (we_are_last_idle)
>   enter_all_cpus_idle();

Looks fine!

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Thanks and Regards,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Labs,
Bangalore, INDIA - 560017
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