Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 4/6] sched: dont renice kernel threads

Chris Friesen
2007-03-16T15:14:44Z

Con Kolivas wrote:
> The practice of renicing kernel threads to negative nice values is of
> questionable benefit at best, and at worst leads to larger latencies when
> kernel threads are busy on behalf of other tasks.

What about the priority implications of the renicing? It seems a bit
iffy letting kernel threads compete for cpu time on an equal basis with
your default shell.

Chris