Re: [linux-audio-dev] [SOURCE] rt monitor to kill runaway RT processes

2002-08-29 Thread rm
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 05:45:09PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > the bug-in-the-code case is handled using the monitor thread approach, > since we know that the monitored threads run at lower priority. assuming the bug isn't in the monitor thread itself (or which affects it). you can argue that yo

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [SOURCE] rt monitor to kill runaway RT processes

2002-08-29 Thread Paul Davis
>> a side note: JACK, when run in RT mode, launches its own maximal >> priority thread to perform exactly this function. all other RT threads >> run at lower priorities. i believe that it is not possible to use JACK >> to perform DOS attacks like this unless the client modifies its >> scheduling p

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [SOURCE] rt monitor to kill runaway RT processes

2002-08-29 Thread n++k
/wrote Stefan Westerfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:16:59 +0200] | Hi! | |On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 10:15:54AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: |> a side note: JACK, when run in RT mode, launches its own maximal |> priority thread to perform exactly this function. all other RT threads |> ru

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [SOURCE] rt monitor to kill runaway RT processes

2002-08-29 Thread Stefan Westerfeld
Hi! On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 10:15:54AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > a side note: JACK, when run in RT mode, launches its own maximal > priority thread to perform exactly this function. all other RT threads > run at lower priorities. i believe that it is not possible to use JACK > to perform DOS

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [SOURCE] rt monitor to kill runaway RT processes

2002-08-29 Thread Stefan Westerfeld
Hi! On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:47:41PM -0400, rm wrote: > which is still an issue. relying on the courtesy of user programs is > probably not optimal (as i'm sure you're all well aware). > > [...] > > i've been working on a kernel patch that will allow a program to use > the entire cpu up

[linux-audio-dev] Sweep 0.5.1 -- Scrubby learns to remember

2002-08-29 Thread Conrad Parker
(nb. among other things, this release fixes the problem where Sweep's configure complained about libsndfile-1.0.0 being too old ... also take note of the PKG_CONFIG_PATH thing below, which has bitten many people) Sweep 0.5.1 Development Release --- Sweep is a sound wa