Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:03:33 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: process resident in memory |
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Mehmet Ersan TOPALOGLU wrote:
> Alex Riesen wrote: > > Mehmet Ersan TOPALOGLU, Tue, Mar 18, 2003 07:28:57 +0100: > > > >>I am a newbie in kernel programming. > >>And am sorry if something related previously asked. > >>I wonder if it is possible to following situation is possible or not. > >> > >>let say i have a user process p1. > > > > > > That (user process) has nothing to do with kernel programming. > > > > > >>p1 does some malloc, and file i/o etc > >>i initiate it during boot time. > >>it stays resident in memory as if kernel it self (??) > > > > > > no. It is as long resident as it wish. Or until it is killed. > > > > > >>and its priority is very very high > > > > > > it is irrelevant. > >
Yes, but he didn't know what was available in user-mode.
> > Well i guess i couldn't explain what i really meant. > Thing is that i am trying to change kernel memory management > specifically for one user process only. > i.e if kernel sees this process it will treat it in a different manner. > It won't let it to be swapped and give a very high priority to it. > I just wondered the possiblity of this. > Sorry for my poor english >
You want to execute:
man mlockall man nice
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