Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Rename "swapper" to "idle" | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:05:58 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 17:08 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> > 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" :>
That should be "kvoidd" :P
-- Steve
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