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On 29/01/2020 03:52, Pavan Kondeti wrote:
>> No particular reason other than we didn't consider it, I think. I don't see
>> any harm in folding it in, I'll do that for v4. I am curious however; are
>> you folks making use of SCHED_IDLE? AFAIA Android isn't making use of it
>> yet, though Viresh paved the way for that to happen.
>>
> 
> We are not using SCHED_IDLE in product setups. I am told Android may use it
> for background tasks in future. I am not completely sure though. I asked it
> because select_idle_cpu() is using it.
> 

Fair enough! Thanks.