Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 11:57:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: bde@zeta.org.au Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, jhb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 100% system time? (SMPng on UP system) Message-ID: <200009170957.e8H9van02062@Magelan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009170616550.362-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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On 17 Sep, Bruce Evans wrote:
>> dnetc runns with idprio 31, system cvsupped around Sep 16, 11 CEST from
>> a german mirror (it contains the idle fixes: src/sys/kern/kern_idle.c,v
>> 1.4), complete build{world,kernel}.
>>
>> ---snip---
>> last pid: 1666; load averages: 1.10, 1.11, 1.03 up 0+00:51:21 16:54:14
>
> Perhaps it really is a system process :-[. idprio on a pure cpu hog prevents
> other user processes from running like a system process might do:
>
> idprio 31 sh -c "while :; do :; done"
>
> System processes actually hang the entire system until they complete:
Are you mixing idprio with rtprio or did I not understand what you
explain?
Bye,
Alexander.
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