| From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/45] Create a dynamically sized pool of threads for doing very slow work items [ver #41] | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:44:21 +0000 |
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Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> > + set_user_nice(current, -5); > > Just curious - why -5?
Actually, that's entirely arbitrary. I should probably make it configurable.
> Whenever it is actually running you'd like it to have slightly higher > priority than ordinary user tasks?
It's normally performing I/O on behalf of other tasks. I'm not sure what the best way to prioritise it is.
David
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