From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751916AbWCEXNe (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:13:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751918AbWCEXNe (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:13:34 -0500 Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([66.96.29.28]:58275 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751916AbWCEXNe (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:13:34 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:08:21 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Lee Revell Cc: jonathan@jonmasters.org, Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [OT] inotify hack for locate Message-ID: <20060305230821.GA20768@kvack.org> References: <35fb2e590603051336t5d8d7e93i986109bc16a8ec38@mail.gmail.com> <1141594983.14714.121.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1141594983.14714.121.camel@mindpipe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 04:43:03PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > updatedb runs at nice 20 on most distros, and with the CFQ scheduler the > IO priority follows the nice value, so why does it still kill the > machine? Running updatedb on a laptop when you're sitting in an airplane running off of batteries is Not Nice to the user. I know, I've had it happen far too many times. -ben -- "Time is of no importance, Mr. President, only life is important." Don't Email: .