Re: [PATCH] cpuidle : fix random hangs with intel_idle

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Wed Mar 14 2012 - 20:23:59 EST


On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:09:41 +0100 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The cpuidle consolidation inverts the local_irq_enable for
> > the poll_idle function with CPU_RELAX.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> So this needs to go into Rob's tree. Maybe after Hugh verifies that it
> fixes his problem.

Yes, Daniel got me to try it offline before he posted it.

Tested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>

Personally, I'd recommend including it even before it gets into Rob's
tree (where it may well be improved upon first): it does a lot to
improve the usability of linux-next.

Hugh
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