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    [ARM SMP] Use event instructions for spinlocks · 00b4c907
    Russell King authored
    ARMv6K CPUs have SEV (send event) and WFE (wait for event) instructions
    which allow the CPU clock to be suspended until another CPU issues a
    SEV, rather than spinning on the lock wasting power.  Make use of these
    instructions.
    
    Note that WFE does not wait if an event has been sent since the last WFE
    cleared the event status, so although it may look racy, the instruction
    implementation ensures that these are dealt with.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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