linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] sched: Rework task state printing

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709251540450.15252@nanos>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:41:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:     mingo@...nel.org, markus@...ppelsdorf.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        tj@...nel.org, mcgrof@...nel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] sched: Rework task state printing

On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> With wider usage of TASK_IDLE came a few user visible annoyances. Markus
> reported that TASK_IDLE is reported as TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and some tools like
> htop mark those highly visible, which is not warranted for TASK_IDLE.
> 
> This patch set reworks the task-state printing and introduces explicit handling
> for TASK_IDLE and TASK_PARKED.

Thanks for cleaning that up. I went through the lot and did not find
anything to bitch about.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>