The patch titled i386 prepare for dyntick has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was i386-prepare-for-dyntick.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: i386 prepare for dyntick From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Prepare i386 for dyntick: idle handler callbacks. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/i386/kernel/process.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/process.c~i386-prepare-for-dyntick arch/i386/kernel/process.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~i386-prepare-for-dyntick +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/ptrace.h> #include <linux/random.h> #include <linux/personality.h> +#include <linux/tick.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> @@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void) /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */ while (1) { + tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(); while (!need_resched()) { void (*idle)(void); @@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void) idle(); __exit_idle(); } + tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(); preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); preempt_disable(); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingo@xxxxxxx are origin.patch git-acpi.patch x86_64-do-not-enable-the-nmi-watchdog-by-default.patch spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-preparatory-patch.patch spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-x86_64-implementation.patch spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-i386-implementation.patch cpuset-remove-sched-domain-hooks-from-cpusets.patch simplify-the-stacktrace-code.patch lockdep-debug_locks-check-after-check_chain_key.patch freezer-task-exit_state-should-be-treated-as-bolean.patch softlockup-trivial-s-99-max_rt_prio.patch schedule_on_each_cpu-use-preempt_disable.patch workqueue-kill-run_scheduled_work.patch workqueue-dont-save-interrupts-in-run_workqueue.patch workqueue-make-cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue-work-on-idle-dwork.patch workqueue-introduce-cpu_singlethread_map.patch workqueue-introduce-workqueue_struct-singlethread.patch workqueue-make-init_workqueues-__init.patch fsaio-add-a-wait-queue-arg-to-the-wait_bit-action-routine.patch fsaio-rename-__lock_page-to-lock_page_blocking.patch fsaio-interfaces-to-initialize-and-to-test-a-wait-bit-key.patch fsaio-add-a-default-io-wait-bit-field-in-task-struct.patch fsaio-enable-wait-bit-based-filtered-wakeups-to-work-for-aio.patch fsaio-enable-asynchronous-wait-page-and-lock-page.patch fsaio-filesystem-aio-read.patch fsaio-aio-o_sync-filesystem-write.patch aio-is-unlikely.patch mm-only-sched-add-a-few-scheduler-event-counters.patch sched-add-above-background-load-function.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch sched-cleanup-remove-task_t-convert-to-struct-task_struct-prefetch.patch scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-fixups-3.patch detect-atomic-counter-underflows.patch make-frame_pointer-default=y.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch vdso-print-fatal-signals.patch vdso-improve-print_fatal_signals-support-by-adding-memory-maps.patch vdso-print-fatal-signals-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump.patch lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump-fix.patch lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump-fix-2.patch kmap_atomic-debugging.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html