Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:00:26 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RFC: nomadik: expand timesource to 63 bits |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Well, you don't need the keepwarm() timer, if you just call > > sched_clock() in the idle wakeup path, so the magic in the NOHZ code > > will ensure that you reread the thing timely. > > You still have to make sure you get out of idle before 16 secs has > passed.
No, I meant to put it into the idle loop, right after mach_idle() or whatever is called to put the CPU into deep power sleep. The clockevents core code makes sure that you get interrupted in time.
Thanks,
tglx
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