Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

Chris Wright
2005-01-11T22:15:30Z

* Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu) wrote:
> you are right, i forgot about kernel threads. If they are nice -10 on
> Jack's system too then they are within striking range indeed, especially
> since they are typically idle and if then they are active for short
> bursts of time and get the maximum boost. Jack, could you renice these
> to -5, to make sure they dont interfere?

Yup, their bursty nature makes them seem a likely culprit.

> btw., why are these at nice -10? workqueue.c sets nice value to -5
> normally.

Heh, I was just wondering the same thing.

BTW, grepping set_user_nice shows a few more possible culprits.
One more reason that there may be value in promoting the audio app to
rt scheduling.

thanks,
-chris
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