Re: [RFC][PATCH] Make MAX_RT_PRIO and MAX_USER_RT_PRIO configurable

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 09:36:07 EST


On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 16:17 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> i'd not do this patch, mainly because the '100 priority levels' thing is
> pretty much an assumption in lots of userspace code.

I must argue though, any user app that assumes 100 is the max prio is
already broken. That's why there are system calls to get the actual
range. Maybe it would be good to change the range to find the apps that
break. And then fix them.

-- Steve


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