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Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:36:19 -0700
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To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] cpuidle: stop depending on pm_idle
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On 08/03/2011 12:44 PM, Len Brown wrote:
> From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> 
> cpuidle users should call cpuidle_call_idle() directly
> rather than via (pm_idle)() function pointer.
> 
> Architecture may choose to continue using (pm_idle)(),
> but cpuidle need not depend on it:
> 
>   my_arch_cpu_idle()
> 	...
> 	if(cpuidle_call_idle())
> 		pm_idle();
> 
> cc: x86@kernel.org
> cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
> cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>