Re: [PATCH 07/32] cpuset: Set up interface for nohz flag

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Tue Mar 27 2012 - 08:31:25 EST


On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 13:56 +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Ok but there is a difference between idle nohz and busy nohz.
> Idle nohz may let the CPU enter into low power mode. busy nohz
> (implemented by this patchset) doesn't because it stops the tick
> when the CPU runs.

Yeah. Your set is tagged important here (stare at, and play with;).

-Mike

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