Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:12:46 -0700 | From | Mike Travis <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] SGI X86 UV: Provide a System Activity Indicator driver |
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Andi Kleen wrote: >> 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
Hi Andi,
Sorry, I didn't see this message until now. I will look into doing this and ask the hw group if it's acceptable to drop BMC records when the cpu is idle. (I think they may still want them since this might also be confused with "the cpu is no longer uninterruptible".)
Thanks, Mike
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