[PATCH] Rename "swapper" to "idle"

This patch renames the "swapper" process (pid 0) to a more appropriate name "idle". The name "swapper" is not obviously meaningful and confuses a lot of people (e.g., when seen in oops report).

Patch not tested, but I guess it works. :-)

Signed-off-by: Hua Zhong <[email protected]>

diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 41ecbb8..5e3ca4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ #define INIT_TASK(tsk)      \
       .cap_permitted  = CAP_FULL_SET,                                 \
       .keep_capabilities = 0,                                         \
       .user           = INIT_USER,                                    \
-       .comm           = "swapper",                                    \
+       .comm           = "idle",                                       \
       .thread         = INIT_THREAD,                                  \
       .fs             = &init_fs,                                     \
       .files          = &init_files,                                  \
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