IDLE(E)             Linux Programmer's Manual             IDLE(E)



NAME
       idle - make process 0 idle

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int idle(e);

DESCRIPTION
       idle is an internal system call used during bootstrap.  It
       marks the process's pages as swappable, lowers its  prior-
       ity,  and  enters  the  main  scheduling loop.  idle never
       returns.

       Only process 0 may call idle.  Any user  process,  even  a
       process with super-user permission, will receive EPERM.

RETURN VALUE
       idle  never  returns  for process 0, and always returns -1
       for a user process.

ERRORS
       EPERM  Always, for a user process.

CONFORMING TO
       This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in
       programs intended to be portable.

NOTES
       Since 2.3.13 this system call does not exist anymore.



Linux 1.1.46                1994-08-21                    IDLE(E)