Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: netpoll/netconsole minor tweaks | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:12:36 +0100 |
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On Iau, 2003-09-18 at 17:48, Chris Wright wrote: > > <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?
It speeds up hyperthreading CPUs by letting them know that this paticular thread is waiting for stuff (sched_yield for silicon)
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