On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:39:30 +0100 Mike Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-12-22 at 04:52 -0500, Jon Masters wrote: > > > So, user tasks running with SCHED_FIFO should be able to lock a system? > > I guess I see both sides of this argument - yes, it's userspace at > > fault, but in other cases when userspace is at fault, we take action > > (OOM, segfault, others). Isn't this situation just another case where > > the kernel needs to avoid the evils of userland going awry? > > FYI, Ingo queued the below. > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/31/344 > That's pretty different of course, but rlimit might be a suitable interface for implementing RLIMIT_MAX_CONTINUOUS_RT_MILLISECONDS. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
