Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:08:44 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Rename "swapper" to "idle" |
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>> > Swapper does not do these things. It just happens to be "running" at that time (and it is always running if the system is idle). >> > >> > IOW, it is indeed an "idle" process. In fact, all it does is cpu_idle(). >> >> Really? Are your sure that swapper only does cpu_idle()??? > >Yes. >Idle is by definition Nothing. >
So call it "voidd" :>
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