On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:07:24 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not to mention, tasks in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state for too long will > > trigger hung task detection. > > Right, and I had not considered that, but it turns out the hung_task > detector checks p->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, so TASK_IDLE is indeed > safe from that. Also, I would assume that TASK_IDLE only makes sense for kernel threads, I wonder if we should add an assertion in schedule that triggers if a task is scheduling with TASK_IDLE and is not a kernel thread (has its own mm?) -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
