linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] Fix FIFO-99 abuse

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Date:   Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:13:48 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Fix FIFO-99 abuse

I noticed a bunch of kthreads defaulted to FIFO-99, fix them.

The generic default is FIFO-50, the admin will have to configure the system
anyway.

For some the purpose is to be above OTHER and then FIFO-1 really is sufficient.