Re: [patch 3/3] Enable setting of IRQ-thread priorities from kernel cmdline. (repost:CC to LKML)

[Remy Bohmer]

Hello Jaswinder,

> Is it possible to run softirq-threads or IRQs as a non-realtime tasks
> in RT kernel.

Currently the answer is no. (Unless overruled from userspace) I did
not take this requirement into account.
So, Is this a serious requirement? Should this be possible?
I cannot imagine a purpose in which that is wanted, it would cause
unpredictable interrupt handling, and I can imagine that many
drivers/devices will not like that.

The purpose is usually to spread the threads across several
priorities, to create room for some RT-process to become more
important than an IRQ that generates large latencies, and each
RT-system designer shall divide the priorities different, due to
different system requirements.

Kind Regards,

Remy

2007/12/20, Jaswinder Singh <jaswinderlinuxrt@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 12/20/07, Remy Bohmer <linux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The RT-patch originally creates all its softirq-threads at
> > priority 50.
>
> Is it possible to run softirq-threads or IRQs as a non-realtime tasks
> in RT kernel.
>
> If yes, then how.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jaswinder Singh.
>
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