The patch titled x86_64: prep idle loop for dynticks has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was x86_64-prep-idle-loop-for-dynticks.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: x86_64: prep idle loop for dynticks From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Add tick_nohz_{stop,restart}_sched_tick to idle loop in prepartion for turning on dynticks. These are just noops until NO_HZ is enabled in next patch. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c~x86_64-prep-idle-loop-for-dynticks arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c~x86_64-prep-idle-loop-for-dynticks +++ a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ #include <linux/notifier.h> #include <linux/kprobes.h> #include <linux/kdebug.h> +#include <linux/tick.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> @@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ void cpu_idle (void) if (__get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state)) __get_cpu_var(cpu_idle_state) = 0; + tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(); + check_pgt_cache(); rmb(); idle = pm_idle; @@ -229,6 +232,7 @@ void cpu_idle (void) __exit_idle(); } + tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(); preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); preempt_disable(); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch x86_64-prep-idle-loop-for-dynticks.patch x86_64-enable-high-resolution-timers-and-dynticks.patch security-convert-lsm-into-a-static-interface.patch security-convert-lsm-into-a-static-interface-fix.patch security-convert-lsm-into-a-static-interface-fix-2.patch security-convert-lsm-into-a-static-interface-fix-2-fix.patch security-convert-lsm-into-a-static-interface-fix-unionfs.patch implement-file-posix-capabilities.patch implement-file-posix-capabilities-fix.patch file-capabilities-introduce-cap_setfcap.patch file-capabilities-get_file_caps-cleanups.patch file-caps-update-selinux-xattr-hooks.patch file-capabilities-clear-caps-cleanup.patch file-capabilities-clear-caps-cleanup-fix.patch file-capabilities-change-xattr-format-v2.patch file-capabilities-change-fe-to-a-bool.patch file-caps-clean-up-for-linux-capabilityh.patch capabilityh-remove-include-of-currenth.patch file-capabilities-clear-fcaps-on-inode-change.patch security-cleanups.patch use-erestart_restartblock-if-poll-is-interrupted-by-a-signal.patch whitespace-fixes-capability-syscalls.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