Re: [PATCH] MAX_USER_RT_PRIO and MAX_RT_PRIO are wrong!

Steven Rostedt
2005-06-07T11:25:04Z

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 07:33 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> > I tested the patch on an SMP machine where MAX_RT_PRIO = 100 and
> > MAX_USER_RT_PRIO = 99. Without the patch, the system crashes with a
> > reboot.
>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

If this patch does go in, then xpc_activating in
arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_main.c (from rc6) also needs to use MAX_RT_PRIO
instead of MAX_USER_RT_PRIO. Unless it is OK that it runs lower in
priority than other kernel threads.

-- Steve