Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270557AbTGNHKJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 03:10:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270560AbTGNHKI (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 03:10:08 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:22933 "EHLO mail.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270557AbTGNHKD (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 03:10:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:24:49 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Mike Galbraith Cc: Davide Libenzi , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch] SCHED_SOFTRR starve-free linux scheduling policy ... Message-ID: <20030714072449.GE24031@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030714063443.01bcc5f0@pop.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20030714063443.01bcc5f0@pop.gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 18 Mike Galbraith wrote: > I also had some sound skips due to inheritance. If I activate > xmms's gl visualization under load, it inherits SCHED_SOFTRR, says > "oink" in a very deep voice, and other xmms threads expire. Maybe > tasks shouldn't inherit SCHED_SOFTRR? That's likely a bug in xmms - it shouldn't be passing the normal SCHED_RR state to the gl visualizer. Maybe SOFTRR should penalise the most CPU-using SOFTRR tasks, leaving the remaining ones in the real-time state. -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/