Bug#953346: open-vm-tools: consider raise process priority of vmtoolsd

Hi, After discussing this issue with upstream we came to the conclusion that reverting this is the best option as it is possible to start programs trough vmtoolsd and they would also run with a nice level of -20. Upstream will fix this issue in a sane way. I've reopened the bug. Sorry, Bernd

Bug#953346: open-vm-tools: consider raise process priority of vmtoolsd

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 2:23 AM Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > Hi Aron, > > which nice level do you suggest? -10? > I'd suggest -20, since vmtoolsd does not consume a lot resources itself while the highest priority would give it better chance to deal with watchdog stuff. Regards, Aron

Bug#953346: open-vm-tools: consider raise process priority of vmtoolsd

Hi Aron, which nice level do you suggest? -10? Bernd On 3/8/20 10:02 AM, Aron Xu wrote: > Package: open-vm-tools > Severity: wishlist > > I've been experiencing false alarms of VM monitoring for those who > runs very CPU intensive tasks for long time (i.e. several hours), and > it seems that

Bug#953346: open-vm-tools: consider raise process priority of vmtoolsd

Package: open-vm-tools Severity: wishlist I've been experiencing false alarms of VM monitoring for those who runs very CPU intensive tasks for long time (i.e. several hours), and it seems that raising the process priority of vmtoolsd will let the watchdog work more properly. This has relaxed the s