From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:35:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:35:25 -0500 Received: from web9901.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.129.36]:14226 "HELO web9901.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:35:23 -0500 Message-ID: <20030203224455.84628.qmail@web9901.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:44:55 -0800 (PST) From: Akram Abou-Emara Subject: Kernel Threads questiona on 2.4 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi All, I have a couple of questions: Do kernel threads get preempted? Or do they have to give up the CPU on their own? Are there any rules for what scheduling policies and priority a kernel thread can have? reparent_to_init()sets the scheduling policy to SCHED_OTHER. Do you see a problem with changing the scheduling policy to SCHED_FIFO? Thanks, Akram __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com