On 22:30 Thu 07 Feb 2008, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > On Feb 6, 2008 12:49 PM, Rick Brown <rick.brown.3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So in linux, is a child run first or the parent? Can we rely on this > > information? > > Hm, this might be the answer: > http://lxr.linux.no/linux/kernel/sched.c#L1663 > > it says: > unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_child_runs_first = 1; > > and I guess it has relationship with certain /proc or /sys entry. $ sysctl -w kernel.sched_child_runs_first=0 Also available here: /proc/sys/kernel/sched_child_runs_first Cheers, Brandon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs