Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:15:41 -0700 | From | Hua Zhong <> | Subject | [PATCH] Rename "swapper" to "idle" |
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This patch renames the "swapper" process (pid 0) to a more appropriate name "idle". The name "swapper" is not obviously meaningful and confuses a lot of people (e.g., when seen in oops report).
Patch not tested, but I guess it works. :-)
Signed-off-by: Hua Zhong <hzhong@gmail.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h index 41ecbb8..5e3ca4f 100644 --- a/include/linux/init_task.h +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ #define INIT_TASK(tsk) \ .cap_permitted = CAP_FULL_SET, \ .keep_capabilities = 0, \ .user = INIT_USER, \ - .comm = "swapper", \ + .comm = "idle", \ .thread = INIT_THREAD, \ .fs = &init_fs, \ .files = &init_files, \ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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