> I'm guessing (haven't rechecked source) that the cpu_idle() call comes > about because the top level pgd of a process gets freed very late in > its exit, and after a great flurry of processes have just exited, > perhaps there was nothing to free up the accumulation. Though > it still strikes me as an odd place to do it.
I always found it odd and probably the wrong place too. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/