linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched: disabled rt-bandwidth by default

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0808281448170.18124@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:53:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Mark Hounschell <markh@...pro.net>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
	Dario Faggioli <raistlin@...ux.it>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched: disabled rt-bandwidth by default


On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> And I'm not really interested. Quite frankly, I suspect the "we want to 
> run something like pulseaudio with RT priorities" camp is the more common 
> one, and in that context I understand limiting SCHED_FIFO sounds perfectly 
> understandable.

The fact that it actually limits a SCHED_FIFO task group, over a single 
task thread does bother me a little.

But that said, I and others have made our complaints known, and will 
forever be documented in the halls of the Internet abyss. Thus, the 
verdict has been laid. Seems the default shall be something other than 
infinite.

I will now remain silent.

-- Steve

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