Hi, > >> * A lower priority process will run only if there are no runnable >> processes in priority above it - this automatically means that all RT >> processes get to run before non-RT processes. > > True for RT, not true for non-RT. In the current scheduler the non-RT > tasks are stored in a time-ordered structure rather than the 40 > runqueues that were used before. A non-RT task will run once it becomes > the most "urgent" task based on its nice level, how much cpu time it > uses, and how long it's been since it ran last relative to other tasks > on the system.
One last question ... the nice value of a process never changes (unless done explicitly using nice system call), right? Thanks, Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
