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From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: keventd gives exceptional priority to usermode helpers
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:50:53 +0100 (MET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0501101249380.4459@yvahk01.tjqt.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050110034202.P469@build.pdx.osdl.net>

>> @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void 
>>  
>>  	/* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
>>  	set_cpus_allowed(current, CPU_MASK_ALL);
>> +        set_user_nice(current, 0);
>
>Seems reasonable.  Although, I don't see a niceval of -20, but -5 on
>keventd (workqueues do set_user_nice(-5)).  Also, this patch is

Right, `ps` only shows "<" for <0, "" for 0 and "N" for >0. But -5 is still a 
hard thing.

>whitespace damaged, should be tab not spaces.

the neverending debate...



Jan Engelhardt
-- 
ENOSPC

  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-10 11:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-10 10:28 keventd gives exceptional priority to usermode helpers Jan Engelhardt
2005-01-10 11:42 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-10 11:50   ` Jan Engelhardt [this message]
2005-01-11 12:11     ` Jan Engelhardt

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