[PATCH 6/8] acpi_pad: uses MONITOR/MWAIT, so it doesn't need to clear TS_POLLING

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From: Len Brown
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 7:42 pm

From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

api_pad exclusively uses MONITOR/MWAIT to sleep in idle,
so it does not need the wakeup IPI during idle sleep
that is provoked by clearing TS_POLLING.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c |    9 ---------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
index 6212213..7edf053 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
@@ -168,13 +168,6 @@ static int power_saving_thread(void *data)
 
 		do_sleep = 0;
 
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_POLLING;
-		/*
-		 * TS_POLLING-cleared state must be visible before we test
-		 * NEED_RESCHED:
-		 */
-		smp_mb();
-
 		expire_time = jiffies + HZ * (100 - idle_pct) / 100;
 
 		while (!need_resched()) {
@@ -200,8 +193,6 @@ static int power_saving_thread(void *data)
 			}
 		}
 
-		current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
-
 		/*
 		 * current sched_rt has threshold for rt task running time.
 		 * When a rt task uses 95% CPU time, the rt thread will be
-- 
1.6.0.6

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idle-test patches queued for upstream, Len Brown, (Wed May 26, 7:42 pm)
[PATCH 5/8] sched: clarify commment for TS_POLLING, Len Brown, (Wed May 26, 7:42 pm)
[PATCH 6/8] acpi_pad: uses MONITOR/MWAIT, so it doesn't ne ..., Len Brown, (Wed May 26, 7:42 pm)
(No subject header), Milton Miller, (Wed May 26, 10:25 pm)
Re: (No subject header), Len Brown, (Wed May 26, 10:47 pm)
Re: [linux-pm] idle-test patches queued for upstream, Thomas Renninger, (Thu May 27, 1:45 am)
Re: [linux-pm] idle-test patches queued for upstream, Thomas Renninger, (Fri May 28, 1:07 am)
Re: [linux-pm] idle-test patches queued for upstream, Len Brown, (Fri May 28, 10:42 am)
Re: [linux-pm] idle-test patches queued for upstream, Pavel Machek, (Wed Jun 16, 12:53 am)