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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-08-07 23:20:26 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-08-07 23:20:26 -0700 |
commit | 19fd61785a580c60cba900c5171bfadb57dd5056 (patch) | |
tree | 1e491fb014be0dc03f4b6755bb94e73afd38c455 /arch/x86/kernel/process.c | |
parent | 57569d0e12eaf31717e295960cd2a26f626c8e5b (diff) | |
parent | 8028837d71ba9904b17281b40f94b93e947fbe38 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c index e1ba8cb24e4e..e7e3b019c439 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c @@ -438,29 +438,6 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait); -/* - * This uses new MONITOR/MWAIT instructions on P4 processors with PNI, - * which can obviate IPI to trigger checking of need_resched. - * We execute MONITOR against need_resched and enter optimized wait state - * through MWAIT. Whenever someone changes need_resched, we would be woken - * up from MWAIT (without an IPI). - * - * New with Core Duo processors, MWAIT can take some hints based on CPU - * capability. - */ -void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long ax, unsigned long cx) -{ - if (!need_resched()) { - if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR)) - clflush((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags); - - __monitor((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0); - smp_mb(); - if (!need_resched()) - __mwait(ax, cx); - } -} - /* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */ static void mwait_idle(void) { |