Re: add mlockall option to cyclictest, et al

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On Sat, 10 May 2008, Clark Williams wrote:
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> Robert de Vries wrote:
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> >> Thomas,
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> >> Got a couple of requests for mlockall() in cyclictest, so I added an
> >> --mlockall
> >> option to cyclictest, signaltest and pi_stress.
> >>   
> > One small remark: it would be better to do the mlockall() by default. As
> > far as I know this should be done always for real-time applications.
> > I am actually surprised that it is not done already. It is also
> > mentioned in the Howto build an RT-application on the RT linux wiki.
> > 
> >    Robert
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> 
> I thought about that, but figured it would be better just to have the option rather
> than change long-standing behavior.
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> It's Thomas's call though :)

I prefer an option. That gives the mm folks less of an excuse why they
swap out hot memory :)

Thanks,
	tglx
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