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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] SGI X86 UV: Provide a System Activity Indicator driver
> Cool, thanks!  I rewrote the patch to use current->pid, removing the
> idle callback.

As a additional measure you could make the timer deferred when in
idle state. Then you would only actually do something when
changing from idle to non idle or keeps being busy, but nothing
when a CPU stays idle for a longer time.

The frequency wouldn't necessarily be 1 second then though.

-Andi


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