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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM
    * Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu) wrote:
    > you are right, i forgot about kernel threads. If they are nice -10 on
    > Jack's system too then they are within striking range indeed, especially
    > since they are typically idle and if then they are active for short
    > bursts of time and get the maximum boost. Jack, could you renice these
    > to -5, to make sure they dont interfere?

    Yup, their bursty nature makes them seem a likely culprit.

    > btw., why are these at nice -10? workqueue.c sets nice value to -5
    > normally.

    Heh, I was just wondering the same thing.

    BTW, grepping set_user_nice shows a few more possible culprits.
    One more reason that there may be value in promoting the audio app to
    rt scheduling.

    thanks,
    -chris
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