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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAX_USER_RT_PRIO and MAX_RT_PRIO are wrong!
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 07:33 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > I tested the patch on an SMP machine where MAX_RT_PRIO = 100 and 
> > MAX_USER_RT_PRIO = 99. Without the patch, the system crashes with a 
> > reboot.
> 
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

If this patch does go in, then xpc_activating in
arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_main.c (from rc6) also needs to use MAX_RT_PRIO
instead of MAX_USER_RT_PRIO. Unless it is OK that it runs lower in
priority than other kernel threads.

-- Steve