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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 04:55:25PM +0300, dima wrote:
d> I also mentioned that poll_idle() isn't called from anywhere in the kernel.
d> Thus we have only 2 possible sources for polling: hardclock (per-CPU) and traps.

poll_idle is a process created on startup, so it is not called from anywhere. But
it is source of polling.

P.S. More comments later. Thanks!

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