SCHED_FIFO task blocks magic sysrq

David Mansfield (lkml@dm.ultramaster.com)
Tue, 03 Jul 2001 18:11:12 -0400

It seems like the sysrq code can get starved by a SCHED_FIFO task. I
learned this by having an accidentally runaway SCHED_FIFO task which
locked up my system. No SAK, no sync, no unmount, no reboot. Big Red
Button.

David

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