On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 09:55 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 03:37:34PM +0000, tip-bot for Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > > diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c > > index eb8751a..5fe7099 100644 > > --- a/kernel/kthread.c > > +++ b/kernel/kthread.c > > @@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ > > #include <linux/mutex.h> > > #include <trace/events/sched.h> > > > > -#define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5) > > - > > Why don't we just redefine it to 0? We may find out later that we'd > still prefer to have kernel threads have boost. Seems sensible, also the traditional reasoning behind this nice level is that kernel threads do work on behalf of multiple tasks. Its a kind of prio ceiling thing. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html