[Xen-devel] [PATCH]Allow the kernel to poll in the idle loop

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Subject:	[Xen-devel] [PATCH]Allow the kernel to poll in the idle loop
From:	"Amitabha Roy" <amitabha.roy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:04:25 +0530
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Hi

The attached patch implements the idle=poll option in the kernel when
running on Xen. This causes the kernel to use a polling loop rather
than hypercall down to block. I have found this useful to profile the
amount of sleep cycles when using xenoprof, there may be other uses.

Thanks
-Amitabha

Signed-off-by: Amitabha Roy <amitabha.roy@xxxxxxxxx>

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[Xen-devel] [PATCH]Allow the kernel to poll in the idle loop