Re: 2.5.66-(bk) == horrible response times for non X11 applications

[Helge Hafting]

Jakob Oestergaard wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 06:24:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
[...]
>>the problem with setiathome is that it displays something every now and
>>then - so it gets a backboost from X, and hovers at a relatively high
>>priority.
> 
> 
> Why are niced processes boosted?   Does that make sense?
> 
> If only non-niced processes were boosted, wouldn't that pretty much fix
> the problem?
> 
You'd have exactly the same problem for any non-niced cpu hog
that displays something now and then. A non-niced cpu hog is supposed
to be ok because the interactive processes are boosted above them.

Gui is becoming popular, so many compute tasks get some sort of
display, even if it only is a progress bar.

Helge Hafting