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diff --git a/open_issues/nice_vs_mach_thread_priorities.mdwn b/open_issues/nice_vs_mach_thread_priorities.mdwn index 76788a53..e27d3018 100644 --- a/open_issues/nice_vs_mach_thread_priorities.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/nice_vs_mach_thread_priorities.mdwn @@ -373,3 +373,17 @@ here. <pochu> braunr: can't remember right now, either that or to fix a ftbfs in debian <youpi> iirc it's coreutils which wants proper nice levels + + +# IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2013-03-04 + + <Steap> Is it not possible to set the priority of a process to 1 ? + <Steap> these macros: + <Steap> #define MACH_PRIORITY_TO_NICE(prio) (2 * ((prio) - 12)) + <Steap> #define NICE_TO_MACH_PRIORITY(nice) (12 + ((nice) / 2)) + <Steap> are used in the setpriority() implementation of Hurd + <Steap> so setting a process' priority to 1 is just like setting it to 0 + <youpi> Steap: that has already been discussed to drop the *2 + <youpi> the issue is mach not supporting enough sched levels + <youpi> can be fixed, of course + <youpi> just nobody did yet |