David S. Miller e9b9eb59ff sparc64: Use pause instruction when available.
In atomic backoff and cpu_relax(), use the pause instruction
found on SPARC-T4 and later.

It makes the cpu strand unselectable for the given number of
cycles, unless an intervening disrupting trap occurs.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-10-27 23:00:41 -07:00
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