Re: What does idle thread do

Adam Lackorzynski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.micro-kernel.l4.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Wed Sep 24, 2014 at 16:25:31 -0400, Yuxin Ren wrote:
> I want to know what kernel idle thread does.
> Does it just execute "halt" instruction or anything else?

Mostly it is calling a halt instruction but it can also do remote work.

> Where is code for the idle thread?

Please look for 'for (;;) idle_op()' in kernel_thread.cpp and
app_cpu_thread.cpp.



Adam
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