We're running the ADSM backup client in a multiprocessor
environment (Silicon Graphics Challenge XL, IRIX 6.2, ADSM Client
2.1.0.6) and are experimenting with binding the 'dmsc' process to
a single processor at a low priority (nice level 20).
Observations (mostly using top and gr_osview) indicate that the
children forked by dsmc, primarily the trusted client, dsmtca,
are not obeying the parents nice level--we haven't determined
whether they are obeying the 'runon' command and sticking to a
single processor.

I'm wondering if anybody has attempted to do such a thing, or if
they have seen similar behavior. I'd be interested to hear from
anybody working in an SMP environment, not just on SGI.

Thanks. -- Tom

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