Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751401AbWCLBe7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:34:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751417AbWCLBe6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:34:58 -0500 Received: from user-0c93tin.cable.mindspring.com ([24.145.246.87]:33249 "EHLO tsurukikun.utopios.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751401AbWCLBe6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:34:58 -0500 From: Luke-Jr To: =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: can I bring Linux down by running "renice -20 cpu_intensive_process"? Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:41:05 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <441180DD.3020206@wpkg.org> In-Reply-To: Public-GPG-Key: 0xD53E9583 Public-GPG-Key-URI: http://dashjr.org/~luke-jr/myself/Luke-Jr.pgp IM-Address: luke-jr@jabber.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603120141.08129.luke@dashjr.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 478 Lines: 10 On Friday 10 March 2006 22:01, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > Sysrq+n changes all realtime tasks to normal priority. Would the kernel's main loop (where I presume Sysreq is handled) get a chance to run with a constantly busy realtime task? - 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/