nspluginviewer priority on newer linux kernel

[Konrad Rzepecki]

Dnia czwartek, 16 sierpnia 2007, Thiago Macieira napisał(a):

> Do plugins inform nspluginviewer what they are doing? I mean, do they
> inform "I am doing downloads" or "I am playing video"?

Yes, a least in "I'm doing downloads" case. This is made by getUrl plugin 
function (I think), which are delivered by nspluginviewer. So each plugin 
thread could set somewhere last download time. This is enough information for 
main thread to renice...  

But this is not necessery. Downloading isn't very sensitive to cpu starvation. 
I create this only becuse you mention something about it earlier ;-)

> The only solution is to renice all non-visible nspluginviewers to the same
> level.

This should be OK, since it resolve main problem and give enough cpu power to 
active plugins on haevy load system.

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  Konrad Rzepecki (Hannibal)