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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [patch] idle_task was wasting a lot of CPU
From:       Andrea Arcangeli <andrea () e-mind ! com>
Date:       1998-11-30 23:07:51
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Rik van Riel wrote:

>IMHO a separate test for the idle task will be better.

Rik, the timer irq will play only with process with pid != 0. I can' t see
your point for continuing to check for current == idle_task even if the
counter of the idle taks is -4.

Andrea Arcangeli


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