linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6 v2] sched: Init idle->on_rq in init

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Message-ID: <20140211092108.GL27965@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:21:08 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6 v2] sched: Init idle->on_rq in init_idle()

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:17:58AM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> The init task is state TASK_RUNNING and on_irq should be set to 1. It won't

					^^^ irq? :-)

> be set by scheduler because the idle task is never woken up, it is always the
> task we fall back to if there is no other task pending.

But why? Who cares? I mean, its true.. but what problem does it solve.
Why did Thomas write this patch.

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