Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:11:45 +0200 | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: [patch] SCHED_SOFTRR starve-free linux scheduling policy ... |
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At 08:24 AM 7/14/2003 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: >Mike Galbraith wrote: > > I also had some sound skips due to inheritance. If I activate > > xmms's gl visualization under load, it inherits SCHED_SOFTRR, says > > "oink" in a very deep voice, and other xmms threads expire. Maybe > > tasks shouldn't inherit SCHED_SOFTRR? > >That's likely a bug in xmms - it shouldn't be passing the normal >SCHED_RR state to the gl visualizer.
If I set xmms SCHED_RR, it does drop it for the visualizer. (I promptly re-set it to test the X oddness) I presume it's stumbling over the policy.
-Mike
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