RE: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc1-git5] sched: disable preempt in idle tasks

[Li, Shaohua]

Hi Nick,
>This patch should hopefully fix Nigel's bug.
>
>Split out from sched-resched-opt.patch. Tested on i386 with acpi idle
>and poll idle (previous iterations tested on various other
architectures).
>
>CCed Ian because I am amazed that arm26 ever managed to reschedule
>out of the idle task without this... what am I missing?
>
>Andrew please apply
What's the status of the patch? I didn't see it in base kernel.
We found another bug related with this issue. On UP system, if a CPU
enters 
'mwait_idle', it never leaves it, as the 'mwait_idle' loop will never
end.
Disabling preempt fixes the bug. Should I submit a patch just disabling
preempt in 'mwait_idle' or wait for your patch?

Thanks,
Shaohua
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