Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:35:16 -0600 | From | yodaiken@chelm ... | Subject | Re: low priority soft RT? |
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On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 10:31:09PM +0200, Benny Amorsen wrote: > That's why I think that any process that holds a lock should have its > priority boosted to just above all other SCHED_OTHER/SCHED_IDLE > processes. This should be done not only for SCHED_IDLE processes but > also for those with a policy of SCHED_OTHER.
So we trade a single instruction on the common case for a complex mess that will slow down everything and probably deadlock. And the benefit of this change is?
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