[PATCH 5/8] sched: clarify commment for TS_POLLING
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From: Len Brown on 28 May 2010 03:10 From: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> TS_POLLING set tells the scheduler an idle_task will poll need_resched() to look for work. TS_POLLING clear tells resched_task() and wake_up_idle_cpu() that the remote CPU's idle_task is now sleeping in idle, and thus requires a reschedule interrupt notice work. Update the description of TS_POLLING to reflect how it works. "idle task polling need_resched, skip sending interrupt" Wordsmithing-by: Milton Miller <miltonm(a)bga.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> --- arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h index e0d2890..8121869 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h @@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void) #define TS_USEDFPU 0x0001 /* FPU was used by this task this quantum (SMP) */ #define TS_COMPAT 0x0002 /* 32bit syscall active (64BIT)*/ -#define TS_POLLING 0x0004 /* true if in idle loop - and not sleeping */ +#define TS_POLLING 0x0004 /* idle task polling need_resched, + skip sending interrupt */ #define TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK 0x0008 /* restore signal mask in do_signal() */ #define TS_XSAVE 0x0010 /* Use xsave/xrstor */ -- 1.6.0.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |