Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 4/6] sched: dont renice kernel threads

[Chris Friesen]

Con Kolivas wrote:
> The practice of renicing kernel threads to negative nice values is of
> questionable benefit at best, and at worst leads to larger latencies when
> kernel threads are busy on behalf of other tasks.

What about the priority implications of the renicing?  It seems a bit 
iffy letting kernel threads compete for cpu time on an equal basis with 
your default shell.

Chris
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