Re: [Patch] export sched_setscheduler() for kernel module use

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Nov 16 2004 - 17:14:50 EST



* Chris Friesen <cfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >Using the linear priority has the
> >advantage of not having to pass any policy value - priorities between 0
> >and 99 implicitly mean SCHED_FIFO, priorities above that would mean
> >SCHED_NORMAL, a pretty natural and compact interface.
>
> Just curious--why FIFO and not RR?

it shouldnt matter - if it matters, i.e. if any of these threads uses up
significant amount of CPU time then they should probably _not_ have a RT
priority to begin with.

Ingo
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