Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-21 Thread Preeti U Murthy
On 01/21/2015 03:26 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: >> On 01/20/2015 04:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >>> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-21 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: > On 01/20/2015 04:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: > >> An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the > >> tick_broadcast_force_mask. > >> This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-21 Thread Preeti U Murthy
On 01/21/2015 03:26 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: On 01/20/2015 04:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is so that it does not

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-21 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: On 01/20/2015 04:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-20 Thread Preeti U Murthy
On 01/20/2015 04:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: >> An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the >> tick_broadcast_force_mask. >> This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states when >> it is expected >> to be woken up

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-20 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: > An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the > tick_broadcast_force_mask. > This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states when > it is expected > to be woken up anytime then through a broadcast IPI. The condition

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-20 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states when it is expected to be woken up anytime then through a broadcast IPI. The condition that

Re: [PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-20 Thread Preeti U Murthy
On 01/20/2015 04:51 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote: An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states when it is expected to be woken up anytime

[PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-18 Thread Preeti U Murthy
An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states when it is expected to be woken up anytime then through a broadcast IPI. The condition that forces an exit out of the idle polling is the

[PATCH] idle/tick-broadcast: Exit cpu idle poll loop when cleared from tick_broadcast_force_mask

2015-01-18 Thread Preeti U Murthy
An idle cpu enters cpu_idle_poll() if it is set in the tick_broadcast_force_mask. This is so that it does not incur the overhead of entering idle states when it is expected to be woken up anytime then through a broadcast IPI. The condition that forces an exit out of the idle polling is the