Re: Xterm Hangs - Possible scheduler defect?

[Chris Friesen]

Lee Revell wrote:

> The solution to your problem (which is as old as the hills) involves
> priority inheriting mutexes which are available in the RT preempt patch
> (if you build with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT).  This should be usable for hard
> realtime applications.

Yup.  I was just pointing out that userspace apps *can* block other 
userspace apps.

> http://people.redhat.com/mingo/realtime-preempt
>
> If you just need very good soft realtime performance I recommend
> PREEMPT_DESKTOP.

How does this compare with Inaky's "robust mutexes" patch?

Chris

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