[kimixa]

If this stops the core being able to drop to a lower power state it can be whole multiples of power use on some devices.

Wake ups are death for mobile form factors, even if not really doing much work.

[andai]

This is a pretty good argument against the way we do operating systems now, right?

[kimixa]

Why? Most modern OSs are "tickless" - where there's no regular scheduling tick and it can sleep pretty much indefinitely if there's no work.