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Martin Flöser 91d78daac4 Ensure libinput connection thread uses real time scheduling
Summary:
The SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK results in threads (not only processes) to have
the scheduling policy reset to default. This means that the libinput
thread is not real time, but this was actually intended.

To solve this problem KWin does start without the RESET_ON_FORK flag
during startup. Once createInput has been called the scheduling is
adjusted again and RESET_ON_FORK is added again. This results in the
libinput thread and all threads Qt starts in between (e.g. dbus) to gain
real time policy. But it is still not leaked to other processes or to
threads in KWin which don't need it.

Other options considered: just don't use RESET_ON_FORK and instead
manually reset on fork. This would mean all threads in KWin gain real
time, but we don't need this. It's only interesting for the main
(rendering, Wayland thread) and the input thread. Also the danger to
leak into another process is too high.

Keeping the capability till the libinput thread is created and adjust
the thread itself. This option was discarded as I don't want KWin to
have any capabilities when the QApplication is started.

Test Plan: ps -eL -o class,rtprio,cmd,comm  | grep kwin_wayland

Reviewers: #kwin, #plasma

Subscribers: plasma-devel, kwin

Tags: #kwin

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D8065
7 years ago
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connection.cpp Ensure libinput connection thread uses real time scheduling 7 years ago
connection.h Ensure libinput connection thread uses real time scheduling 7 years ago
context.cpp Require Qt 5.7 and remove pre-5.7 code 8 years ago
context.h
device.cpp [libinput] Fix enumeral and non-enumeral type in conditional expression warning 7 years ago
device.h [libinput] Change unset of scroll method and acceleration profile 8 years ago
events.cpp Fix TouchEvent::id() returning -1, fixes a crash 7 years ago
events.h Support for relative pointer motion events 8 years ago
libinput_logging.cpp
libinput_logging.h