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Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:42:43 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: Boris Dragovic <lynx@falcon.etf.bg.ac.yu>,
        Oswald Buddenhagen <ob6@inf.tu-dresden.de>,
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Subject: Re: static scheduling - SCHED_IDLE?
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Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > Of course. Now we just need the code to determine when a task
> > > is holding some kernel-side lock  ;)
> >
> > couldn't it just be indicated on actual locking the resource?
> 
> It could, but I doubt we would want this overhead on the locking...

Just raise the priority whenever the task's in kernel mode.  Problem solved.

-- Jamie
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