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31 .Dt CPU_NEED_RESCHED 9
35 .Nd context switch notification
39 .Fn cpu_need_resched "struct cpu_info *ci" "int flags"
43 function is the machine-independent interface for the scheduler to
44 notify machine-dependent code that a context switch from the current
48 This event may occur if a higher priority LWP appears on the run
49 queue or if the current LWP has exceeded its time slice.
55 machine-dependent code should make a context switch happen as soon as possible.
56 In that case, for example, if
58 is not the current processor,
60 typically issues an inter processor call to the processor to make it
61 notice the need of a context switch as soon as possible.
65 function will perform the following operations:
66 .Bl -bullet -offset indent
68 Set a per-processor flag which is checked by
70 when returning to user-mode execution.
72 Post an asynchronous software trap (AST).
74 Send an inter processor interrupt to wake up