Alan Cox writes:
> > Should be. If you set SCHED_FIFO and give a process the highest
> > priority, then you are guaranteed that once that process gets the CPU,
> > it will not be switched out until it relinquishes it (block on I/O,
> > sleep or exit).
> >
> > Just make sure you mlockall current and future pages, and do a dry-run
> > of the RT functions.
>
> Doesn't help you. If your stack bumps up another page or you hit any
> other resource requirement we dont guarantee your rt task wont stall
So touch some extra stack pages before sending the "I'm up and
running" signal. And use setrlimit(2) to ensure there isn't a CPU time
limit or something.
Regards,
Richard....
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Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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