Re: [PATCH 0/4] sched / idle: Reduce the number of branches in the idle loop

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Monday, May 04, 2015 04:25:05 PM Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 03:54:43PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The "reflect" variable that had to be added to cpuidle_idle_call() to fix a
> > regression during the 4.0 cycle has bothered me a bit since then and guess
> > what?  It is not necessary.
> > 
> > After the last regression fix related to tick_broadcast_exit() I realized
> > that it should be possible to eliminate this variable by splitting
> > cpuidle_idle_call() into smaller routines and reordering the code in
> > question which is done by this patch series.
> > 
> > It also gets rid of one more redundant check while at it.
> 
> 
> Ooh nice! Yes that thing bothered me too.
> 
> Once you fix that one weird opening bracket:
> 
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Fixed and queued up as 4.2 material, thanks!

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