idle: Provide a generic entry point for the idle code

For now this calls cpu_idle(), but in the long run we want to move the
cpu bringup code to the core and therefor we add a state argument.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Cc: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130321215233.583190032@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpu/idle.c b/kernel/cpu/idle.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1908f00e0e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/cpu/idle.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Generic entry point for the idle threads
+ */
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+
+void cpu_startup_entry(enum cpuhp_state state)
+{
+	cpu_idle();
+}