> > And users of __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ and kernel_thread() should not
> > have policy == SCHED_BATCH.
>
> yep. And even if they do they should be aware of the consequences.
well, there's one security consequence here - module loading
(request_module()), which spawns a kernel thread must not run as
SCHED_BATCH. I think the right solution for that path is to set the policy
to SCHED_OTHER upon entry, and restore it to the previous one afterwards -
this way the helper thread has SCHED_OTHER priority.
Ingo
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