[PATCH] sched: TASK_NONINTERACTIVE

This patch implements a task state bit (TASK_NONINTERACTIVE), which can be
used by blocking points to mark the task's wait as "non-interactive".  This
does not mean the task will be considered a CPU-hog - the wait will simply
not have an effect on the waiting task's priority - positive or negative
alike.  Right now only pipe_wait() will make use of it, because it's a
common source of not-so-interactive waits (kernel compilation jobs, etc.).

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8a1fcfe80fc7..ac70f845b5b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ extern unsigned long nr_iowait(void);
 #define TASK_TRACED             8
 #define EXIT_ZOMBIE             16
 #define EXIT_DEAD               32
+#define TASK_NONINTERACTIVE     64
 
 #define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)              \
         do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)