Heya,
wakeup_n() has a "inline expansion" of setrunnable(), but it differs by
always calling need_resched(), this sends an ipi for *every* wakeup
channel.
It might have something to do with aja's problem.
Index: kern_synch.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/kern/kern_synch.c,v
retrieving revision 1.102
diff -d -u -p -r1.102 kern_synch.c
--- kern_synch.c 10 Apr 2012 11:33:58 -0000 1.102
+++ kern_synch.c 10 Jul 2012 14:27:17 -0000
@@ -378,7 +378,9 @@ wakeup_n(const volatile void *ident, int
p->p_stat = SRUN;
p->p_cpu = sched_choosecpu(p);
setrunqueue(p);
- need_resched(p->p_cpu);
+ if (p->p_priority <
+ p->p_cpu->ci_schedstate.spc_curpriority)
+ need_resched(p->p_cpu);
/* END INLINE EXPANSION */
}