Re: [PATCH] O6int for interactivity

Davide Libenzi
2003-07-18T16:48:23Z

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Mike Galbraith wrote:

> Telling to not mess with my kernel threads seems to have fixed it here...
> no stalls during the whole contest run. New contest numbers attached.

It is ok to use unfairness towards kernel threads to avoid starvation. We
control them. It is right to apply uncontrolled unfairness to userspace
tasks though.

- Davide