This is what I intended to do since: 1) the driver handles variable waits just fine, and 2) interruptible waits aren't reported as load in the load avg. Reported-and-tested-by: Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c index 1294a39..85c8ad4 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c @@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ static int ips_monitor(void *data) last_msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies); expire = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(IPS_SAMPLE_PERIOD); - __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); + __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); mod_timer(&timer, expire); schedule(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html