tick/nohz: Optimize nohz idle enter
tick_nohz_start_idle is called before checking whether the idle tick can be stopped. If the tick cannot be stopped, calling tick_nohz_start_idle() is pointless and just wasting CPU cycles. Only invoke tick_nohz_start_idle() when can_stop_idle_tick() returns true. A short one minute observation of the effect on ARM64 shows a reduction of calls by 1.5% thus optimizing the idle entry sequence. [tglx: Massaged changelog ] Co-developed-by: Sanjeev <Yadav<sanjeev.yadav@spreadtrum.com> Signed-off-by: Gaurav <Jindal<gaurav.jindal@spreadtrum.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160714120416.GB21099@gaurav.jindal@spreadtrum.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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