Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:30:34 -0400 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: [REPORT] cfs-v4 vs sd-0.44 |
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Ingo Molnar wrote: > > well, i just simulated a runaway X at nice -19 on CFS (on a UP box), and > while the box was a tad laggy, i was able to killall it without > problems, within 2 seconds that also included a 'su'. So it's not an > issue in CFS, it can be turned off, and because every distro has another > way to renice Xorg, this is a convenience hack until Xorg standardizes > it into some xorg.conf field. (It also makes sure that X isnt preempted > by other userspace stuff while it does timing-sensitive operations like > setting the video modes up or switching video modes, etc.)
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