On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 13:21 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > [Total kernel changes > > Ability to mark/unmark a scheduler control group as outside of > some parts of idle consideration. Generically useful and > localised. Group latency will do most jobs fine (Zygo is correct > it can't solve his backup case elegantly I think) > > Test in the idling logic to distinguish the case and only needed > for a single Android specific power module. Generically useful > and localised] I really don't like this.. Why can't we go with the previously suggested: make bad apps block on QoS resources or send SIGXCPU, SIGSTOP, SIGTERM and eventually SIGKILL? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html