From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Clark Williams Subject: Re: add mlockall option to cyclictest, et al Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:30:35 -0500 Message-ID: <4825F7DB.6000808@gmail.com> References: <48249E2C.3010601@gmail.com> <4825F5AF.7010700@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Luis Claudio Goncalves , RT To: Robert de Vries Return-path: Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.181]:49249 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752717AbYEJTaj (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 May 2008 15:30:39 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so1962973pyb.10 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 12:30:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4825F5AF.7010700@gmail.com> Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert de Vries wrote: > Clark Williams wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Thomas, >> >> Got a couple of requests for mlockall() in cyclictest, so I added an >> --mlockall >> option to cyclictest, signaltest and pi_stress. >> > One small remark: it would be better to do the mlockall() by default. As > far as I know this should be done always for real-time applications. > I am actually surprised that it is not done already. It is also > mentioned in the Howto build an RT-application on the RT linux wiki. > > Robert > > I thought about that, but figured it would be better just to have the option rather than change long-standing behavior. It's Thomas's call though :) Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkgl99sACgkQqA4JVb61b9eV4gCgiIs5QHocKBRHyOsGlMw+F5BA PuUAnRo5+9oeO5oMFjq55JUxaR7dBI2b =pefi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----