From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This will be needed in the patch "mm, oom: introduce oom reaper". Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sched.h | 1 + kernel/time/timer.c | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 084ed9fba620..9cf5731472fe 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ extern signed long schedule_timeout(signed long timeout); extern signed long schedule_timeout_interruptible(signed long timeout); extern signed long schedule_timeout_killable(signed long timeout); extern signed long schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(signed long timeout); +extern signed long schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout); asmlinkage void schedule(void); extern void schedule_preempt_disabled(void); diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index d1798fa0c743..73164c3aa56b 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1566,6 +1566,17 @@ signed long __sched schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(signed long timeout) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_timeout_uninterruptible); +/* + * Like schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(), except this task will not contribute + * to load average. + */ +signed long __sched schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout) +{ + __set_current_state(TASK_IDLE); + return schedule_timeout(timeout); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_timeout_idle); + #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU static void migrate_timer_list(struct tvec_base *new_base, struct hlist_head *head) { -- 2.7.0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>