-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Stone wrote: | According to "man sched_setscheduler" you want either CAP_SYS_NICE or a | non-zero RLIMIT_RTPRIO and giving these to you means that you can | hardlock the machine anytime by busywaiting.
As noted in a conversation with Michael, there is a potential "third way", in the form of SCHED_ISO, isochronous scheduling. This scheduler patch creates a "pseudo-realtime" mode that provides lower latencies without the potential for hardlocks. http://ck.wikia.com/wiki/SchedulingPolicies#SCHED_ISO - --Ben -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkinRlsACgkQUJT6e6HFtqTEKwCeOFhU5oxlXnZHH/+GJCD6gsK5 nyIAn1dozdz/77DzP4fv7EoXOunuzYJe =jeiR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
