Re: low priority soft RT?

Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:50:41 +0100 (GMT)


On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, fvw wrote:

> I for one would be very glad to see such a thing, especially for the
> seti/GIMPS/distributed.net clients. Though it would be good for some of those
> less important cron-tab jobs aswell....

For some time now I've been meaning to have a look at writing an at
extension that would SIGSTOP the job once the load reaches y, and SIGCONTs
the job when the load is below x again (x < y). But that's for
user-space, and this list isn't.

Tim.
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