Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:48:32 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: netpoll/netconsole minor tweaks |
| |
* Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote: > On Mer, 2003-09-17 at 19:24, Chris Wright wrote: > > /* Give driver a chance to settle */ > > - jiff = jiffies + 2*HZ; > > + jiff = jiffies + 4*HZ; > > while (time_before(jiffies, jiff)) > <pedant> > should be cpu_relax(); > </pedant>
Hrm, there's many spots that aren't using it. What's the benefit, less power consumption? Is it worth a patch to convert other things over?
thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |