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If poll_idle() is allowed to spin until need_resched() returns 'true', it may actually spin for a much longer time than expected by the idle governor, since set_tsk_need_resched() is not always called by the timer interrupt handler. If that happens, the CPU may spend much more time than anticipated in the "polling" state. To prevent that from happening, limit the time of the spinning loop in poll_idle(). Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Tested-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net>
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.