[PATCH][RSDL-mm 5/7] sched dont renice kernel threads
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. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/workqueue.c |1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/kernel/workqueue.c === --- linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2.orig/kernel/workqueue.c2007-03-11 14:47:57.0 +1100 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/kernel/workqueue.c 2007-03-11 14:47:59.0 +1100 @@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq) if (!cwq->wq->freezeable) current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; - set_user_nice(current, -5); /* * We inherited MPOL_INTERLEAVE from the booting kernel. * Set MPOL_DEFAULT to insure node local allocations. -- -ck - 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/
[PATCH][RSDL-mm 5/7] sched dont renice kernel threads
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. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- kernel/workqueue.c |1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/kernel/workqueue.c === --- linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2.orig/kernel/workqueue.c2007-03-11 14:47:57.0 +1100 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/kernel/workqueue.c 2007-03-11 14:47:59.0 +1100 @@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq) if (!cwq-wq-freezeable) current-flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; - set_user_nice(current, -5); /* * We inherited MPOL_INTERLEAVE from the booting kernel. * Set MPOL_DEFAULT to insure node local allocations. -- -ck - 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/
