[PATCH] del_timer_sync(): add cpu_relax()

Relax the CPU in the del_timer_sync() busywait loop.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 2a87430a58d4046d10000fcd6bd4e56308a9a4bc..acfa557e685b9291b09a8e72fa3492d4d16c6912 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
                int ret = try_to_del_timer_sync(timer);
                if (ret >= 0)
                        return ret;
+               cpu_relax();
        }
 }