>On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:32:35PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: >>its a basic problem with real time software, the POSIX API etc. >>JACK tries to lock *all* the process memory. > >This is to ensure that nothing gets swapped out, right ? >Else it is very hard to ensure real time performance ? >(sorry for being somewhat ignorant in this matter).
well, swapping is one aspect. page faults are the other. either way, yes, we need to ensure that real-time code is never stalled waiting for data to be bought into memory from disk storage. >Would you consider implementing a work around (aka non portable kludgery) >a waste of time ? Mostly, though there are people who would probably find it valuable. --p
