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hz_timer

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-06-15 21:03

Switches the regular HZ timer off when the system is going idle. This helps z/VM to detect that the Linux system is idle. VM can then swap out this guest which reduces memory usage. It also reduces the overhead of idle systems. [ s390 architecture only ]

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