Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] s390 (9/9): no timer interrupts in idle. | From | Martin Schwidefsky <> | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:24:23 +0200 |
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> idle_cpu_mask does not really represent CPUs that are conventionally > called "idle", it represents the ones that have hz timer switched > off (in your patch). So, why not just call it nohz_cpu_mask ? > RCU doesn't need an idle cpu mask, it has its own mechanism > for detecting idle cpus, it just needs to know about the ones > that have hz timers switched off. If you call it nohz_cpu_mask, > then it would make sense to say that for systems which do not > switch off hz timer, nohz_cpu_mask will always be CPU_MASK_NONE.
Ok, I don't really mind the name change. It's nohz_cpu_mask then.
blue skies, Martin
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