Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757776AbYCUViQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:38:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758011AbYCUViA (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:38:00 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:46679 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757681AbYCUViA (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:38:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:37:59 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Madhou cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: shell outputs anything typed when the kernel thinks@100% In-Reply-To: <200803212211.43833.madh2001@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <200803212211.43833.madh2001@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LNX 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 750 Lines: 19 On Mar 21 2008 22:11, Madhou wrote: > > This is a long time annoying misconception i'm reporting here: > > When a command is run from a shell and drives the kernel to use 100% of cpu > for a while, linux lets printing on screen anything that is typed. [For techies: "But I can type text on the tty even if I run sleep 1000!"] Oh yeah wow. It's been like that for what, 15+ years? This is a shell feature - or bug, depending on how you look at it, the kernel merely does what the shell did to the tty. -- 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/