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[ Upstream commit 340ff31ab00bca5c15915e70ad9ada3030c98cf8 ] ipmi_thread() uses back-to-back schedule() to poll for command completion which, on some machines, can push up CPU consumption and heavily tax the scheduler locks leading to noticeable overall performance degradation. This was originally added so firmware updates through IPMI would complete in a timely manner. But we can't kill the scheduler locks for that one use case. Instead, only run schedule() continuously in maintenance mode, where firmware updates should run. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.