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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:07:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> please do another thing as well: in addition to applying the -A4 patch,
> also renice X to -10.

NO.

This is a BUG IN THE SCHEDULER!

We should notice automatically that X is "interactive", thanks to the 
fact that interactive tasks wait for it. That's the whole point of my very 
simple patch..

So don't argue about things that are obviously broken. Renicing X is not 
the answer, and in fact there have been multiple reports that it makes 
XMMS skip sound because it just _hides_ the problem and moves it 
elsewhere.

Please test my simple patch that should at least attack the real issue 
instead of waffling and hiding it.

			Linus

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