Re: [tip:sched/core] sched: Keep kthreads at default priority

[Mike Galbraith]

On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 19:06 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 09:55 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 03:37:34PM +0000, tip-bot for Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
> > > index eb8751a..5fe7099 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/kthread.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/kthread.c
> > > @@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
> > >  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> > >  #include <trace/events/sched.h>
> > >  
> > > -#define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
> > > -
> > 
> > Why don't we just redefine it to 0? We may find out later that we'd
> > still prefer to have kernel threads have boost.
> 
> Seems sensible, also the traditional reasoning behind this nice level is
> that kernel threads do work on behalf of multiple tasks. Its a kind of
> prio ceiling thing.

True.  None of our current threads are heavy enough to matter much.

	-Mike

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