The patch titled sched: dont renice kernel threads has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was sched-dont-renice-kernel-threads.patch This patch was dropped because I need to clear the decks ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sched: dont renice kernel threads From: Con Kolivas <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> The practice of renicing kernel threads to negative nice values is of questionable benefit at best, and at worst leads to larger latencies when kernel threads are busy on behalf of other tasks. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/workqueue.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/workqueue.c~sched-dont-renice-kernel-threads kernel/workqueue.c --- a/kernel/workqueue.c~sched-dont-renice-kernel-threads +++ a/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq) if (!cwq->wq->freezeable) current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; - set_user_nice(current, -5); - for (;;) { prepare_to_wait(&cwq->more_work, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); if (!freezing(current) && !cwq->should_stop _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx are sched-fix-idle-load-balancing-in-softirqd-context-fix.patch sched-redundant-reschedule-when-set_user_nice-boosts-a-prio-of-a-task-from-the-expired-array.patch sched-redundant-reschedule-when-set_user_nice-boosts-a-prio-of-a-task-from-the-expired-array-update.patch sched-dont-renice-kernel-threads.patch sched-remove-sleepavg-from-proc.patch revert-sched-redundant-reschedule-when-set_user_nice-boosts-a-prio-of-a-task-from-the-expired-array.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-misc-fixes.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-staircase-improvements.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-improvements-fix.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-avoid-redundant-reschedule-in-set_user_nice.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-tweak.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-rework-priomatrix.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-further-improvements-1.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-timeslice-fixes.patch sched-implement-staircase-scheduler-yaf-fix.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-ymf-accounting-fixes.patch sched-ymf-typo.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-load-weight-fix.patch sched-increase-ksoftirqd-priority.patch sched-remove-noninteractive-flag.patch sched-document-sd-cpu-scheduler.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-rework-priomatrix-doc.patch sched-consolidate-sched_clock-drift-adjustments.patch sched-consolidate-sched_clock-drift-adjustments-fix.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-scheduler-docupdate.patch sched-add-above-background-load-function.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch swap-prefetch-avoid-repeating-entry.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html