On 11/04/2009 07:38 PM, Visakh wrote:
>
> That is new! I thought Gnu/Linux was a preemptive multitasking
> system - even on a single processor. Is it really possible for a
> userland application to bring down the entire system like that?
I guess you are right. A while(1){} occasionally peaks only 80% CPU of
my single processor system. The system is still responsive enough.
But is the vanilla 2.6 kernel truly pre-emptible? I remember reading
about a PREEMPT_RT patch to make the kernel pre-emptible.
regards,
Syam
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