> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
