linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] x86: remove idle notifier

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:23:16 -0500
From:   Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] x86: remove idle notifier

The return from idle path is latency sensitive,
so the less code and fewer data accesses, the better.

Remove the un-maintained i7300_idle driver,
the only user of the x86 idle-notifier,
and then remove the notifier itself.