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SCHED_FIFO task blocks magic sysrq

DISCUSSION David Mansfield 1 participant 1 message Jul 3, 2001

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It seems like the sysrq code can get starved by a SCHED_FIFO task. I learned this by having an accidentally runaway SCHED_FIFO task which locked up my system. No SAK, no sync, no unmount, no reboot. Big Red Button.

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