Re: low priority soft RT?

Rik van Riel (riel@humbolt.nl.linux.org)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 18:42:12 +0200 (CEST)


On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:39:48 +0200 (CEST), Rik van Riel
> <riel@nl.linux.org> said:
>
> > I have made a fairly substantial SCHED_IDLE patch, but due to
> > the (never resolved) deadlock issues I haven't submitted it.
>
> Yes, it really is a loaded gun. It is much more dangerous than it
> first appears, and the DoS attacks look really nasty.

OTOH. Maybe it _should_ go in the kernel (with default sysctl
switched off).

The Unix tradition is to allow users to shoot themselves in
the foot and SCHED_IDLE can be a useful "power tool"...

cheers,

Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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