Re: [patch] remove set_tsk_need_resched() from init_idle()

[Nick Piggin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > > i just noticed that Nick's latest idle-optimizations patch is not in 
> > > -rc4-mm2, so this will cause some clashes.
> >
> > Yeah, hmm. I've just got lazy with porting to other architectures and 
> > sending to Andrew. I'll get it into shape in the next day or so and so 
> > this patch will go on top of it hopefully before Andrew is ready to 
> > release the next kernel.
>
>
> we could do it in the other direction just as much - i only touched 3 
> architectures. Up to Andrew i guess.

How about just setting need_resched at the start of the cpu_idle
function instead? Rather than changing the structure of the idle
loops themselves. That would suit me best.

Thanks,
Nick

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