docs: Document I idle state in ps and top

Linux 4.2 provided a new process state of I which is used for an idle kernel thread. This new state means that kernel threads do not contribute to the loadavg as they are no longer state D or S but I. While both ps and top displayed this state, it wasn't documented in either manual page until now. References: https://bugs.debian.org/886967 https://www.quora.com/What-does-mean-Linux-process-state-I-in-the-top-output https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=80ed87c8a9ca0cad7ca66cf3bbdfb17559a66dcf
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@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ The\fI real\fR user name.
 29.\fB S \*(Em Process Status \fR
 The status of the task which can be one of:
    \fBD\fR = uninterruptible sleep
+    \fBI\fR = idle
    \fBR\fR = running
    \fBS\fR = sleeping
    \fBT\fR = stopped by job control signal