From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 13 09:10:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 795E116A400 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:10:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A3F913C45D for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:10:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l2D9AE36066823 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:10:14 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l2D9AEJ3066822; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:10:14 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:10:14 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200703130910.l2D9AEJ3066822@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Nikos Vassiliadis Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A0916A405 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:03:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [69.147.83.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8965013C484 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:03:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2D93XPS013995 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:03:33 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l2D93XdY013994; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:03:33 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200703130903.l2D93XdY013994@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:03:33 GMT From: Nikos Vassiliadis To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 Cc: Subject: docs/110253: rtprio(1): remove processing starvation comment from BUGS section X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:10:14 -0000 >Number: 110253 >Category: docs >Synopsis: rtprio(1): remove processing starvation comment from BUGS section >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 13 09:10:13 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nikos Vassiliadis >Release: 6.2-STABLE >Organization: None >Environment: FreeBSD wmail.teledomenet.gr 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Tue Mar 6 12:08:23 EET 2007 root@wmail.teledomenet.gr:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: This comment in no longer true, as far as I know. It's a bit scary and I think it prevents people from using these nice features. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- /usr/src/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 Mon Mar 20 13:45:45 2006 +++ /tmp/src/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 Tue Mar 13 10:40:43 2007 @@ -184,9 +184,3 @@ the process may be stopped for pagein (see .Xr mprotect 2 , .Xr madvise 2 ) . -.Pp -Under -.Fx -system calls are currently never preempted, therefore non-realtime -processes can starve realtime processes, or idletime processes can -starve normal priority processes. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: