Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:15:06 +0000 From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: janb@cs.utep.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how can I run utilities at idle time? Message-ID: <20001117101506.1f26b9e5.steveo@eircom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011161609260.43795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> References: <20001115183715.371bf7a6.steveo@eircom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011161609260.43795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:10:05 -0800 (PST) Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > It is trivially easy to create system-hanging deadlocks with idprio. Use > nice instead. If you need an example, try running setiathome at > idprio. OK that's how to trigger problems. A few obvious questions spring to mind on the subject. Is it easy (possible) to avoid such problems ? Is the mechanism of the problem understood (by anybody) ? Is the whole problem changed beyond recognition with the -current SMP changes ? PS: If these problems can be described to me I am willing to stump up a patch to the relevant man pages. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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