Hello,
I am working on an embedded Linux system (the latest kernel version
2.6.23) with 3 RT low-latency processes, and 5 processes with normal priority. We do not use interrupts, but periodically poll for data in a RT low-latency process to check when the data was written. These low-latency processes should not run for longer then 5 ms, and the CPU load should be about 50%. Low latency processes with run with SCHED_FIFO, and normal processes with SCHED_OTHER setup.Can someone recommend me where to read about choosing the priority of a process? I have read about process priority in man pages for sched_setsheduler (3), but it does not say anything whether I can somehow make the kernel non-responsive with choosing too high priorities. Can anything go wrong if the chosen priorities are too high?
Thanks in advance.