Re: [PATCH] Remove RCU abuse in cpu_idle()

From: Zwane Mwaikambo
Date: Sun Dec 12 2004 - 00:08:06 EST


On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:

> Introduce cpu_idle_wait() on architectures requiring modification of
> pm_idle from modules, this will ensure that all processors have updated
> their cached values of pm_idle upon exit. This patch is to address the bug
> report at http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1716 and replaces the
> current code fix which is in violation of normal RCU usage as pointed out
> by Stephen, Dipankar and Paul.

Aargh, i shouldn't be programming whilst sick :( i'll repost a non broken
version shortly.

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