> How about adding a flag to FLAGS, or a new letter in STATE in
> /proc/pid/stat, to mean "this is an idle task"?
>
> ps & top could easily by taught to recognise the flag.
What's the problem with using PID 0 as the idle task ? That's 'standard'
with OS'ses that display the idle task.
It's also the 'right' thing to do, and should directly work with top / ps
Igmar
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