From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268255AbTGRQsX (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:48:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271818AbTGRQql (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:46:41 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:60105 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271794AbTGRQpH (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:45:07 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:52:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: Mike Galbraith cc: Wiktor Wodecki , Nick Piggin , Con Kolivas , linux kernel mailing list , Andrew Morton , Felipe Alfaro Solana , Zwane Mwaikambo Subject: Re: [PATCH] O6int for interactivity In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030718174433.01b12878@pop.gmx.net> Message-ID: References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030718120229.01a8fcf0@pop.gmx.net> <5.2.1.1.2.20030718071656.01af84d0@pop.gmx.net> <200307170030.25934.kernel@kolivas.org> <200307170030.25934.kernel@kolivas.org> <5.2.1.1.2.20030718071656.01af84d0@pop.gmx.net> <5.2.1.1.2.20030718120229.01a8fcf0@pop.gmx.net> <5.2.1.1.2.20030718174433.01b12878@pop.gmx.net> 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 On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Mike Galbraith wrote: > Telling to not mess with my kernel threads seems to have fixed it here... > no stalls during the whole contest run. New contest numbers attached. It is ok to use unfairness towards kernel threads to avoid starvation. We control them. It is right to apply uncontrolled unfairness to userspace tasks though. - Davide