The patch titled Subject: sched: add schedule_timeout_idle() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: sched: add schedule_timeout_idle() 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 -puN include/linux/sched.h~sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle include/linux/sched.h --- a/include/linux/sched.h~sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle +++ a/include/linux/sched.h @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ extern signed long schedule_timeout(sign 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 -puN kernel/time/timer.c~sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle kernel/time/timer.c --- a/kernel/time/timer.c~sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle +++ a/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1566,6 +1566,17 @@ signed long __sched schedule_timeout_uni } 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) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch drivers-gpu-drm-i915-intel_spritec-fix-build.patch drivers-gpu-drm-i915-intel_tvc-fix-build.patch arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch ocfs2-code-clean-up-for-direct-io-fix.patch ocfs2-fix-ip_unaligned_aio-deadlock-with-dio-work-queue-fix.patch ocfs2-dlm-move-lock-to-the-tail-of-grant-queue-while-doing-in-place-convert-fix.patch kernel-locking-lockdepc-convert-hash-tables-to-hlists.patch mm.patch mm-slab-clean-up-debug_pagealloc-processing-code-fix.patch mm-slab-put-the-freelist-at-the-end-of-slab-page-fix.patch fs-mpagec-mpage_readpages-use-lru_to_page-helper.patch mm-page_allocc-introduce-kernelcore=mirror-option-fix.patch mm-page_allocc-rework-code-layout-in-memmap_init_zone.patch mm-debug-pageallocc-split-out-page-poisoning-from-debug-page_alloc-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option-fix.patch mm-page_poisoningc-allow-for-zero-poisoning-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-madvise-update-comment-on-sys_madvise-fix.patch mm-migrate-do-not-touch-page-mem_cgroup-of-live-pages-fix.patch mm-simplify-lock_page_memcg-fix.patch sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle.patch ksm-introduce-ksm_max_page_sharing-per-page-deduplication-limit-fix-2.patch zram-export-the-number-of-available-comp-streams-fix.patch mm-oom-rework-oom-detection-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-use-watermak-checks-for-__gfp_repeat-high-order-allocations-checkpatch-fixes.patch btrfs-use-radix_tree_iter_retry-fix.patch sparc-compat-provide-an-accurate-in_compat_syscall-implementation-fix.patch sparc-compat-provide-an-accurate-in_compat_syscall-implementation-fix-fix.patch dma-rename-dma__writecombine-to-dma__wc-checkpatch-fixes.patch linux-next-git-rejects.patch drivers-net-wireless-intel-iwlwifi-dvm-calibc-fix-min-warning.patch do_shared_fault-check-that-mmap_sem-is-held.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html