Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:40:09 -0500 | From | "Chad N. Tindel" <> | Subject | Re: Xterm Hangs - Possible scheduler defect? |
| |
> In many Unices, crucial kernel threads run at realtime priority with a > static priority higher than is accessible to user code.
Yep.
> That being said, however, you've got to be a privileged user to set > real time very high priority on a thread, and if you do, you'd better > know what you're doing. Any SCHED_FIFO thread should run for a time, > then sleep for a time, or it *will* DOS everything else on the > processor.
This is only true if you're not doing what you said in your first paragraph, i.e. running crucial kernel threads higher than any user thread.
Chad - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |