Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:32 -0600 | From | "Chris Friesen" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 4/6] sched: dont renice kernel threads |
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Con Kolivas wrote: > The practice of renicing kernel threads to negative nice values is of > questionable benefit at best, and at worst leads to larger latencies when > kernel threads are busy on behalf of other tasks.
What about the priority implications of the renicing? It seems a bit iffy letting kernel threads compete for cpu time on an equal basis with your default shell.
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