On Fri, 11 May 2007 10:29:30 +0200 Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm guessing (haven't rechecked source) that the cpu_idle() call comes
> > about because the top level pgd of a process gets freed very late in
> > its exit, and after a great flurry of processes have just exited,
> > perhaps there was nothing to free up the accumulation. Though
> > it still strikes me as an odd place to do it.
>
> I always found it odd and probably the wrong place too.
so... what's the bottom line here, guys? Should we change that patch?
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