On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Subbu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have to run some part of my network driver code in a thread which
> should have highest priority.
>
> I am working on 2.4.20-8 redhat 9 kernel version.
>
> i am using kernel_thread function to run the current process in a
> thread.
>
> How can i set the priority level of the same to the highest .
>
> please help me in this regard. what are the functions i should use
> for this
>
>
> Thanx in advance
> subbu
>
Older kernels required something like:
task_lock(current);
current->nice = PRIORITY;
task_unlock(current);
Newer kernels use:
set_user_nice(current, PRIORITY);
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