Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752621AbZA3IHy (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:07:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751131AbZA3IHp (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:07:45 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:51507 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751300AbZA3IHp (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:07:45 -0500 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18nHfYfulwnpUyBJsLMMqguk4pSlXIChMYAjqcg4m sfTE+crDWZ8cOV Subject: Re: scheduler nice 19 versus 'idle' behavior / static low-priority scheduling From: Mike Galbraith To: Nathanael Hoyle Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1233302349.17301.27.camel@localhost> References: <1233294584.28741.2.camel@localhost> <1233297635.17301.11.camel@localhost> <1233302349.17301.27.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:07:41 +0100 Message-Id: <1233302861.6061.14.camel@marge.simson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.68 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 597 Lines: 16 On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 02:59 -0500, Nathanael Hoyle wrote: > I am running foldingathome under it at the moment, and it seems to be > improving the situation somewhat, but I still need/want to test with > Mike's referenced patches. You will most definitely encounter evilness running SCHED_IDLE tasks in a kernel without the SCHED_IDLE fixes. -Mike -- 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/