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SubjectRe: 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
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