Re: [patch] SCHED_SOFTRR starve-free linux scheduling policy

[Mike Galbraith]

At 08:24 AM 7/14/2003 +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
>Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > I also had some sound skips due to inheritance.  If I activate
> > xmms's gl visualization under load, it inherits SCHED_SOFTRR, says
> > "oink" in a very deep voice, and other xmms threads expire.  Maybe
> > tasks shouldn't inherit SCHED_SOFTRR?
>
>That's likely a bug in xmms - it shouldn't be passing the normal
>SCHED_RR state to the gl visualizer.

If I set xmms SCHED_RR, it does drop it for the visualizer.  (I promptly 
re-set it to test the X oddness) I presume it's stumbling over the policy.

         -Mike