[PATCH 3.11 103/208] x86 idle: Repair large-server 50-watt idle-power regression

2014-01-13 Thread Luis Henriques
3.11.10.3 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Len Brown commit 40e2d7f9b5dae048789c64672bf3027fbb663ffa upstream. Linux 3.10 changed the timing of how thread_info->flags is touched: x86: Use generic idle loop

[PATCH 3.11 103/208] x86 idle: Repair large-server 50-watt idle-power regression

2014-01-13 Thread Luis Henriques
3.11.10.3 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Len Brown len.br...@intel.com commit 40e2d7f9b5dae048789c64672bf3027fbb663ffa upstream. Linux 3.10 changed the timing of how thread_info-flags is touched: x86: Use generic idle