>> > - turn off the more agressive idle-steal variant. This could fix the
>> > low-load regression reported by Martin J. Bligh.
>>
>> Yup, that fixed it (I tested just your first version with just that
>> bit altered).
>
> Can we make this an arch specific option? I have a feeling the HT performance
> on low loads will actually drop with this disabled.
Is it really an arch thing? Or is it a load level thing? I get the feeling
it might be switchable dynamically, dependant on load ...
M.
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