Hi, This very small patches re-orders 2 if-statements so that in the most common case 1 less if-statement is executed, in the worst case the same number of if-statements is executed (doesn't matter though: it's would be the fault-situation anyway). diff -ur --minimal linux-vanilla/kernel/exit.c linux-2.4.2/kernel/exit.c --- linux-vanilla/kernel/exit.c Mon Mar 26 09:28:13 2001 +++ linux-2.4.2/kernel/exit.c Mon Mar 26 10:50:30 2001 @@ -425,10 +425,12 @@ if (in_interrupt()) panic("Aiee, killing interrupt handler!"); - if (!tsk->pid) - panic("Attempted to kill the idle task!"); - if (tsk->pid == 1) - panic("Attempted to kill init!"); + if (tsk->pid <= 1) { + if (tsk->pid) + panic("Attempted to kill init!"); + else + panic("Attempted to kill the idle task!"); + } tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING; del_timer_sync(&tsk->real_timer); Greetings, Folkert van Heusden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [ www.vanheusden.com ] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/