linux-kernel - INGO Why you remove set_user_nice() from kernel/kthread.c

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:42:44 +0400
From:	Pavel Vasilyev <pavel@...linux.ru>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: INGO Why you remove  set_user_nice() from kernel/kthread.c

Next patсh -  
http://www.kernel.org/diff/diffview.cgi?file=%2Fpub%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2F%2Fv2.6%2Fsnapshots%2Fpatch-2.6.31-git2.bz2;z=548

This patch defines the core processes that are working with nice leve equal to 
zero , as in the BFS. :)

Why?

VirtualBox, Vmware, QEMU, Firefox, Azureus, and many subsystems and 
applications began working with large timeouts. In appearance similar to 
hang.

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