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From: Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl>
To: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
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        Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kapm-idled : is this a bug?
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> How about adding a flag to FLAGS, or a new letter in STATE in
> /proc/pid/stat, to mean "this is an idle task"?
> 
> ps & top could easily by taught to recognise the flag.

What's the problem with using PID 0 as the idle task ? That's 'standard'
with OS'ses that display the idle task.

It's also the 'right' thing to do, and should directly work with top / ps


	Igmar


	

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