"André Braga" <meianoite@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 05:35, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > The way you propose works even less when the software doesn't play > > by > > the rules. > No way. > > If a thread isn't assigned a proper priority value, when it passes > through a semaphore that has a branding, it will be boosted according > to the branding. I.e., according to the actual thread behaviour/code > path followed. Exactly -- someone has to brand that semaphore in the same way that someone has to choose the thread semaphore; there is just no advantage. Bye, Axel.