idle_task(9)

💖 idle_task(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

idle_task — returns the idle task for a given CPU, bestie. No cap, that’s the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct task_struct * idle_task (int cpu );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cpu — the processor in question. Like, the specific CPU you’re asking about. 🖥️✨

🦋 RETURN 🦋

It gives you the idle task for the CPU cpu. That’s it, that’s the whole return value. 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./kernel/sched/syscalls.c — and here’s the whole bestie lineup, fr fr:

• task_prio(9)
• idle_cpu(9)
• find_process_by_pid(9)
• sched_setscheduler(9)
• sched_setscheduler_nocheck(9)
• sys_sched_setscheduler(9)
• sys_sched_setparam(9)
• sys_sched_setattr(9)
• sys_sched_getscheduler(9)
• sys_sched_getparam(9)
• sys_sched_getattr(9)
• sys_sched_setaffinity(9)
• sys_sched_getaffinity(9)
• sys_sched_yield(9)
• yield(9)
• yield_to(9)
• sys_sched_get_priority_max(9)
• sys_sched_get_priority_min(9)
• sys_sched_rr_get_interval(9)

This iconic little page comes from ./kernel/sched and is dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, and goodbye bestie 💋🎀✨