kernel/src/arch/x86_64/Thread.cpp

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void Thread::set_arguments(u64 arg1, u64 arg2, u64 arg3, u64 arg4)
 
 void switch_context(Thread* old_thread, Thread* new_thread, Registers* regs)
 {
-    if (!old_thread->is_idle) memcpy(&old_thread->regs, regs, sizeof(Registers));
+    if (!old_thread->is_idle()) memcpy(&old_thread->regs, regs, sizeof(Registers));
 
     memcpy(regs, &new_thread->regs, sizeof(Registers));
 }

kernel/src/thread/Scheduler.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Scheduler
         g_idle.id = 0;
         g_idle.init_regs_kernel();
         g_idle.set_ip((u64)CPU::idle_loop);
-        g_idle.is_idle = true;
+        g_idle.state = ThreadState::Idle;
 
         g_idle.ticks_left = 1;
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Scheduler
     Thread* pick_task()
     {
         Thread* old = g_current;
-        if (old->is_idle)
+        if (old->is_idle())
         {
             auto maybe_first = g_threads.last();
             if (maybe_first.has_error()) // No threads!!
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace Scheduler
     {
         if (old_thread != new_thread) switch_context(old_thread, new_thread, regs);
 
-        if (new_thread->is_idle)
+        if (new_thread->is_idle())
         {
             new_thread->ticks_left = 1; // The idle task only runs for 1 tick so we can check for new runnable tasks
                                         // as fast as possible.

kernel/src/thread/Thread.h

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 #error "Unknown architecture."
 #endif
 
+enum class ThreadState
+{
+    Idle,
+    Runnable,
+    Sleeping
+};
+
 struct Thread : public DoublyLinkedListNode<Thread>
 {
     Registers regs;
@@ -22,7 +29,12 @@ struct Thread : public DoublyLinkedListNode<Thread>
 
     u64 ticks_left;
 
-    bool is_idle = false;
+    ThreadState state = ThreadState::Runnable;
+
+    bool is_idle()
+    {
+        return state == ThreadState::Idle;
+    }
 
     void init_regs_kernel();
     void init_regs_user();