Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262217AbVBKIXa (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:23:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262218AbVBKIXa (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:23:30 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:52883 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262217AbVBKIWl (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:22:41 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:22:14 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Matt Mackall , Chris Wright , "Jack O'Quin" , Andrew Morton , Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Davis , Con Kolivas , rlrevell@joe-job.com Subject: Re: 2.6.11-rc3-mm2 Message-ID: <20050211082214.GA30420@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Ingo Molnar , Matt Mackall , Chris Wright , Jack O'Quin , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Davis , Con Kolivas , rlrevell@joe-job.com References: <20050211000425.GC2474@waste.org> <20050210164727.M24171@build.pdx.osdl.net> <20050211020956.GC15058@waste.org> <20050211081422.GB2287@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050211081422.GB2287@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 992 Lines: 18 On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:14:22AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > an "RT priorities rlimit" is still not adequate as a desktop solution, > because it still allows the box to be locked up. Also, if it turns out > to be a mistake then it's already codified into the ABI, while RT-LSM is > much less 'persistent' and could be replaced much easier. RT-LSM is also > more flexible and more practical. (an rlimit needs changes across a > number of userspace components, delaying its adoptation.) Putting it into the tree means a gurantee we'll keep it going. It'd probably much better if Jack just keepts it separatly. Especially as his lack of even making it generic shows that he's unwilling to invest work into it that doesn't benfit him personally. - 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/