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    SubjectRe: [patch] idle_task was wasting a lot of CPU
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      Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> writes:
    >
    > if (current == idle_task || p->counter >= current->counter ||
    > p->policy != SCHED_OTHER)
    >
    That doesn't work too well with SMP.

    > occurring situations placed first. An alternative is
    > to have the idle task mark itself with SCHED_YIELD so
    > the != SCHED_OTHER test will pass. Since the idle task
    > is never subjected to goodness() the SCHED_YIELD will
    > never be cleared and we can keep on using the trick...
    >
    Better.

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