linux-kernel - Re: Changing Kernel thread priorities

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:14:40 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Remy Bohmer <linux@...mer.net>
Cc:	Armin Steinhoff <armin@...inhoff.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Johannes Bauer <hannes_bauer@....at>,
	Monica Puig-Pey <puigpeym@...can.es>,
	Rolando Martins <rolando.martins@...il.com>,
	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing Kernel thread priorities

On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 13:02 +0200, Remy Bohmer wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> 2011/6/7 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>:
> > On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 11:40 +0200, Armin Steinhoff wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> when I read all these confusing statements here ( in german it looks
> >> like an "Eiertanz")  ... I can only say:
> >>
> >> - do the basic stuff in a minimal kernel driver
> >> - use UIO (or VFIO for PCI devices)
> >
> > I see no requirement for any of those horrid things to be used. You can
> > write a full on proper kernel driver, it just cannot set kernel thread
> > priorities to a sane value (let them all default to 50 or so).
> >
> > Then have a user space script or whatever set the kthread priorities.
> >> and you get clean control about your real-time priorities.
> >> I think changing the priorities of "interrupt threads" inside the kernel
> >> could lead to strange race conditions in the kernel.
> 
> Well, I 100% agree that it must be under full userspace control to be
> able to set the priorities. But, the kernel default assumption of
> starting everything at 50 is wrong as well.
> Imagine the following situation:
> * Realtime application is running and has threads active in the range
> of prios 20 - 90.
> * Now bring up a network device, it immediately starts spamming the
> system at prio 50 _before_ you have the chance to set it below 20 by
> means of chrt.
> * RT behaviour is gone!

Good point I guess, Thomas should we default to 1 for everything?

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