Re: [PATCH] MAX_USER_RT_PRIO and MAX_RT_PRIO are wrong!

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 06:26:56 EST


On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 07:33 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I tested the patch on an SMP machine where MAX_RT_PRIO = 100 and
> > MAX_USER_RT_PRIO = 99. Without the patch, the system crashes with a
> > reboot.
>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

If this patch does go in, then xpc_activating in
arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_main.c (from rc6) also needs to use MAX_RT_PRIO
instead of MAX_USER_RT_PRIO. Unless it is OK that it runs lower in
priority than other kernel threads.

-- Steve


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