[PATCH] Tweak idle thread setup semantics

[pandora-kernel.git] / kernel / sched.c

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index e2b0d3e..5f2182d 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4166,6 +4166,14 @@ void show_state(void)
        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * init_idle - set up an idle thread for a given CPU
+ * @idle: task in question
+ * @cpu: cpu the idle task belongs to
+ *
+ * NOTE: this function does not set the idle thread's NEED_RESCHED
+ * flag, to make booting more robust.
+ */
 void __devinit init_idle(task_t *idle, int cpu)
 {
        runqueue_t *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
@@ -4183,7 +4191,6 @@ void __devinit init_idle(task_t *idle, int cpu)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW)
        idle->oncpu = 1;
 #endif
-       set_tsk_need_resched(idle);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
 
        /* Set the preempt count _outside_ the spinlocks! */