Re: Re-nice kswapd B-)

Andrew Walker (andy@lysaker.kvaerner.no)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:07:59 +0200 (MET DST)

Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>
>
> Don't know if anyone has noticed, but you can re-nice kswapd from
> its default value of -15 to whatever you want.
>
> I guess this is another case of:
>
> Root wants to shoot himself in the foot; do we:
>
> a) supply the gun, or
> b) return -EPERM and slap him in the head.
>
> Take your pick.

A gun! A gun! Give him the gun. If root wants to shoot his toes
of then I won't stop him ;-)

-Andy

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Andy Walker                              Kvaerner Engineering a.s.
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