Priority of kernel threads

[Swapnil Nagle <swaps@protonic.com>]

Hi all,

I want to run a low priority kernel thread, so i did 
something like:

my_thread(){
    .
    .
    .
   daemonize();
   current->nice = 20;
   for(;;){
      current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
      schedule();
       .
       .  <==== control never comes here
       .
   }
}

The problem is that schedule does not return. So the code after schedule() never gets executed. The control returns
if schedule_timeout() is used.

What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance.

Swapnil.


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