linux-kernel - killing SCHED_FIFO tasks in 2.6.37-rc2+

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Date:	Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:17:16 +0100
From:	Tim Blechmann <tim@...ngt.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: killing SCHED_FIFO tasks in 2.6.37-rc2+

hi all,

testing 2.6.37-rc2+, i found that i cannot kill any task, which is running with 
SCHED_FIFO using kill (-9) or killall (-9). is this a known issue?

thanks, tim

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