Re: [patch] "HT scheduler", sched-2.5.63-B3

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> please do another thing as well: in addition to applying the -A4 patch,
> also renice X to -10.

NO.

This is a BUG IN THE SCHEDULER!

We should notice automatically that X is "interactive", thanks to the 
fact that interactive tasks wait for it. That's the whole point of my very 
simple patch..

So don't argue about things that are obviously broken. Renicing X is not 
the answer, and in fact there have been multiple reports that it makes 
XMMS skip sound because it just _hides_ the problem and moves it 
elsewhere.

Please test my simple patch that should at least attack the real issue 
instead of waffling and hiding it.

			Linus