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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:08:42 +0200
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel <joern@purestorage.com>
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On Fri 24-07-15 09:56:27, J?rn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 09:04:21AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 23-07-15 14:54:33, Spencer Baugh wrote:
> > > From: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org>
> > > 
> > > Mapping large memory spaces can be slow and prevent high-priority
> > > realtime threads from preempting lower-priority threads for a long time.
> > 
> > How can a lower priority task block the high priority one? Do you have
> > preemption disabled?
> 
> Yes.

Yes what? PREEMT enabled and still low priority task starving a high
priority one? What is your exact setup?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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