* Steven Rostedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This way when process C tries to get the lock again, it sees that it's
> owned, but B hasn't executed yet. So it would be safe for C to take
> the lock back from B, that is if C is greater priority than B,
> otherwise it would act the same.
agreed. In particular this would be a nice optimization for cases where
tasks are delayed for a longer time due to CPU congestion (e.g. lots of
tasks on the same SCHED_FIFO priority). So if a higher prio task comes
along while the
> If you agree with this approach, I would be willing to write a patch
> for you.
yeah - please do.
Ingo
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