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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:49:17 +0900 From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com> To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: use is_init() On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 03:06:51PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Akinobu Mita writes: > > > Use is_init() rather than hard coded pid comparison. > > What's the context of this patch? Why is this a good thing to do? > This is just minor cleanup patch. is_init() is available on 2.6.20-rc1 (include/linux/sched.h): /** * is_init - check if a task structure is init * @tsk: Task structure to be checked. * * Check if a task structure is the first user space task the kernel created. */ static inline int is_init(struct task_struct *tsk) { return tsk->pid == 1; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.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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