Fix idle=poll From hugh@veritas.com x86_64 idle=poll might be a little less responsive than it should: unlike mwait_idle, and unlike i386, its poll_idle left TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG set. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins --- 2.6.13-rc7/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c 2005-08-24 11:13:06.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c 2005-08-25 17:11:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static void poll_idle (void) : : "i" (_TIF_NEED_RESCHED), "m" (current_thread_info()->flags)); + clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG); } else { set_need_resched(); }