RE: SMP and setrunnable()- scheduler 4bsd

From: John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:06:39 -0400 (EDT) · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:37:14 UTC

On 10-Jul-2003 Julian Elischer wrote:
> BTW in cpu_idle()
> 
>#ifdef SMP
>         if (mp_grab_cpu_hlt())
>                 return;
>#endif
> 
> 
> whta gain is there in this returning.. it will anyhow if there is work
> to do, and sched_runnable is called either way..
> 
> couldn't it just be 
> 
>#ifdef SMP
>       mp_grab_cpu_hlt();
>#endif
> 
> ?

*shrug*, ps_at_ stuck that in there and I didn't really look too closely.

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